Rose Fear by Maria Laina, trans. by Sarah McCann Claudine Toutoungi compelling the poet to mingle

compelling the poet to mingle their words with his

’ says her translator

divided into three sections: water

isolation and recovery

Rose Fear by Maria Laina, trans. by Sarah McCann Claudine Toutoungi compelling the poet to mingleTranslated from the Greek by Sarah McCann. Maria Laina's debut English collection. Laina's poems carve symbolically rich images drawn from mythology and the natural world. Rose Fear follows in the Sapphic vein: fragmented, prophetic, and emotionally charged. Sarah McCann in her translations deftly captures the music and the vividness of Laina's scenes, which take their inspiration from regions as diverse as Japan, the Caribbean, and her native Greece.