Elegies of the Earth Yannick van Puymbroeck Indonesian-Chinese women talk about their

Indonesian-Chinese women talk about their migration to the Netherlands in the ’50s and ’60s

winner of the Griffin Prize)

" (Rozalie Hirs)

in an echo of Rimbaud

Elegies of the Earth Yannick van Puymbroeck Indonesian-Chinese women talk about theirAhmad Shamlou (trans. Niloufar Talebi) A sweeping centennial edition of Irans iconic twentieth century poet of liberty, whose work shaped modern Persian poetry. Known for his political engagement and deep humanism, and his pivotal role in Persian poetrys modernist turn toward free verse, Ahmad Shamlou (19252000) crafted poems that carried both lyrical intimacy and cultural force. A central, defiant voice in Irans modern literary history, Shamlou