Island Mountain Glacier by Astrid Alben trans. By Astrid Alben Incarnation lightly worn… So original that

lightly worn… So original that it has sometimes scared off critical scrutineers

already known for translations of Mexican poets

’ – Evan Jones

But I return to them

she wrote one poem every week reflecting on their experiences

Island Mountain Glacier by Astrid Alben trans. By Astrid Alben Incarnation lightly worn… So original thatPublished 8 March 2022. Available to pre order. Island mountain glacier by acclaimed poet Anne Vegter is tumultuous, humorous, erotic, enigmatic and vulgar in equal measure. Written in an elastic, playful style that levels the playing field of what kinds of images carry poetic weight, the poems inhabit an incongruous space between everyday distractions and intimate, at times uncomfortable or disturbing questions. Vegter became the first female Poet