Speaking in Song by Pura López Colomé Mark Waldron Due out 2nd February 2017

Due out 2nd February 2017 from Cape

even though she escapes unscathed in Homer’s Odyssey and is restored to her husband’s side by the eidolon’s unique guarantee of her chastity

Mona Arshi

ageing and mortality

recounted in calypso-inspired rhythms

Speaking in Song by Pura López Colomé Mark Waldron Due out 2nd February 2017Pura Lpez Colom is one of Mexicos most acclaimed contemporary poets; she has published 11 volumes of poetry, most recently Lieder: Cantos al odo, cantos al olvido(Speaking in Song Hearing and Forgetting, 2012), and Poemas reunidos 1985 2012 (Collected Poems, 2013). In 2008, she was awarded Mexicos most prestigious poetry prize, the Premio Xavier Villarrutia. Previous work in English includes Aurora (Shearsman Books), translated by Jason Stumpf, and