BeowulfPBS Recommended Translation for Spring 2013 The Anglo Saxon epic poem Beowulf is brought to life by American poet Meghan Purvis in a vigorous contemporary translation. Written across a range of poetic forms and voices, this rendering captures the thrust and gore of battle, the sinister fens and moorlands of Dark Age Denmark, and the treasures and glories of the mead hall. But can the hero defeat his blood thirsty foes, save the Geats from being wiped

and she has received St Botolph and Massachusetts Cultural Council grants for her poetry

Agnese Krivade (b

He presents an extensive gallery of portraits of those he knew in Ireland and the U

We look forward to seeing the latter three fully published in English

She moved to Wales in 1997 and worked as a lecturer at Swansea University before choosing to concentrate on writing and environmental work

it offers a lively and informed critical context for the best contemporary poetry

even humbly

“My hunch is this will be the biggest poetry event ever – a truly global coming together of poets

She now lives in Riga

Independent Egyptian publisher wins International Award

Päevaseiskaja – South-Estonian Fairy Tales (Huma

fitting for one whose poetry is fixated on the border counties