28 Portuguese Poets. A Bilingual Anthology (Dedalus Press) Gaia Holmes Criss-crossed with desire-lines and flight

Criss-crossed with desire-lines and flight paths

‘She writes with honesty

Peelin Orange shows why with its wonderful mix of Englishes

Sometimes it feels as though someone has run off with meaning

Dave Coates

28 Portuguese Poets. A Bilingual Anthology (Dedalus Press) Gaia Holmes Criss-crossed with desire-lines and flightThis major bilingual anthology, edited and introduced by Richard Zenith, and with English translations by Richard Zenith and Alexis Levitin, introduces the work of 28 Portuguese poets (beginning with Fernando Pessoa and his heteronyms), and reveals a richly varied body of verse that is at once a place of departure and exploration as well as, in the words of Alexandre ONeills Portugal, an ongoing discussion with myself. Among the poets included are