a master of rhyme and metre
“Theresa Lola’s poems never fail to surprise with her breath-taking ability to create unexpected imagery
The poems take readers to northern China winters and the damp heat of Hanoi
according to myth and the oral tradition
’ — Peter Pegnall‘It’s a revelation to read this selection of René Noyau’s passionate poems
Burning Tongues by Aleš Šteger, trans. Brian Henry Jessica Traynor a master of rhyme andAle teger was born in 1973 in Ptuj, Slovenia, where he grew up, then part of the former Yugoslavia ruled by Tito, which gained its independence when he was 18. He published his first collection at the age of 22, Chessboard of Hours in 1995, and was immediately recognised as a key voice in the new generation of post Communist poets not only in Slovenia but throughout central Europe. Notable for its moral engagement, tegers poetry is acutely precise in