form and light as invocation but in the care with which she picks words and feels her way through them to offer magical experiences that feel fresh and precise
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tawanda Mulalu was born in Gaborone
"With these beautifully inventive and sensitive versions of some of Rilke's most complex and important poems
Qasmiyeh writes in his new book Eating the Archive
‘This second collection by the China-born poet continues his exploration of family – both blood and chosen – examining what one inherits and what one invents as a queer Asian American living through the era of Trump
Trsitia by Carmen Bugan parenthood form and light as invocationIn Tristia, Carmen Bugan tests the lyric against loss once again, as everything collapses around her, but this time much closer to home. These are poems about forging a stronger self in the fires of her lifetime, whether they are the forest fires that cover the American continent, the war in Ukraine, or her own world turned to ashes. The speaker in the poem 'Enheduana' laments: He spat on my oven full of food, Walked over my baskets full of bread,