The MasterpieceThe golden 1980s in the Socialist Yugoslavia were a curious time, a time when the country undoubtedly already began its descent into disintegration, but when the bloody years that would follow still seemed inconceivable. A time of unprecedented freedom of thought and travel; a time of dissident movements and heady music and literary scenes. And yet it was also a time when the state still had a tight grip on the lives of its citizens, not least through

Smitry Prigov

’ —From the foreword by STEPHEN FRY

"An immensely readable work

from Mesopotamia

“There are poems of homesickness

His poems are full of questions

The result is an extraordinarily vibrant reproduction

microbursts is a collection of hybrid

Other Countries: Contemporary Poets Rewiring History is an anthology of contemporary poetry that engages with events and figures of the past in new compelling ways

On his trip he encounters corrupt police

Fred Pollack makes strong poetry about something important

where he is Poet in Residence at Edinburgh City Libraries