The Way the Water Held Me Lorcán Black WINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN

WINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN TRANSLATES AWARD Island mountain glacier by acclaimed poet Anne Vegter is tumultuous

This issue explores and celebrates the development of modernism in modern Arabic poetry:

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Changing to study English

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The Way the Water Held Me Lorcán Black WINNER OF AN ENGLISH PENWhile newly married, with the couple expecting their first child, Catherine Redfords wife was tragically diagnosed with a terminal illness. The Way the Water Held Me is a mesmeric plunge into the caring, grief, loss and love experienced by a young widow. Across poems of heartbreak and honesty, memory and mourning and through unlikely companionship with a widowed Mary Shelley Catherine Redfords debut collection is visceral, profound and alive with what