Uncollected Later Poems (1968–1979)

Uncollected Later Poems (1968–1979)Description Reviews In these skillful new translations by poet Graham Foust and scholar Samuel Frederick, whose work has previously been shortlisted for the National Translation Award in Poetry, each line is gnomic yet ample, opening spaces of reflection on mortality and infinity. Now preserved in this portable, English language volume, these poems from Georg Bchner Prize winner Ernst Meisters last decade are oracular and entrancing. While the

and domestic landscapes with gentle agility

If Hawkey’s first collection concerned itself with how one situates oneself in landscapes that are largely personal

In The Lives of the Poems

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while always ethically navigating the forces—race

By Katy Lederer

The reader recognizes herself as the I

/ ’bout the worry iron wrought on a man

Claudia Rankine

curious about everything yet knowing that each answer begets another question

Abraham Avnisan

was “Be realistic—demand the impossible