Elsa Cross (b. 1946) is one of Mexico's most significant contemporary poets, and this is the first full-length collection of her work in English-a long overdue but welcome opportunity for Anglo-American readers to get a sense of the full breadth of her work. The work selected for this volume concentrates on her longer poems, which are at the core of Elsa Cross' work-ranging from the remarkable 'Bacchantes', dating from the late '70s and early '80s and offered here in full, through 'Malabar Canto'-suffused with the spirit of India-and the Mesoamerican world of the Jaguar poems, to the odes,...
Elsa Cross (b. 1946) is one of Mexico's most significant contemporary poets, and this is the first full-length collection of her work in English-a lon...
Ruth Fainlight is one of Britain's most distinguished poets. Born in New York City, she has lived mostly in England since she was 15. Her poems are a balancing act between thought and feeling, revealing otherness within the everyday. This book covers work written over 50 years, drawing on over a dozen books as well as new work.
Ruth Fainlight is one of Britain's most distinguished poets. Born in New York City, she has lived mostly in England since she was 15. Her poems are a ...
