How to burn a woman by Claire Askew Vala Thorodds and for the poet’s remarkable

and for the poet’s remarkable ability to uncover the little abysses that lurk just below the domestic familiar

'Six Lithuanian Poets' is the fourth volume in the series of bilingual anthologies which brings the work of contemporary poets from Europe and beyond to a wider English-language readership

who recovered from the virus at the start of the year (sweating in freezing fits

The Sea Needs No Ornament/ El mar no necesita ornamento is the first bilingual anthology of contemporary poetry by women writers of the English- and Spanish-speaking Caribbean and its Diasporas to be curated in more than two decades

 Irish Times (Books of the Year 2015)

How to burn a woman by Claire Askew Vala Thorodds and for the poet’s remarkableClaire Askews electrifying second collection is an investigation of power: the power of oppressive systems and their hold over those within them; the power of resilience; the power of the human heart. It licks flame across the imagination, and rewrites narratives of human desire. It is a collection for anyone who has ever run through their life backwards in the dark, with no map these bright poems illuminate the way. How to burn a woman throngs with