Living in Language place Liminality

Liminality

Christina Rossetti and Emily Bronte sit alongside Roger McGough

a yellow kimono with its hem 'like cut/butter from an icebox'

the day’s ration is hard won

Living in Language place LiminalityLiving in Language brings together reflections on the craft and purpose of poetry, by 21 leading poets from around the world. The lyric essays, fragments, letters and new poems in this groundbreaking anthology shed light on topics as diverse and vital as writing the body, writing in exile, writing as witness, writing as a shamanic act, grappling with traditional forms, discovering your own voice, and even translation and self translation. This is an