Murmur by Menna Elfyn and translated by Menna Elfyn

This is poetry from United Kingdom.

Murmur by Menna Elfyn translated by Menna Elfyn is published by Bloodaxe Books. This is a Book originally written in Welsh. This was published in 2013.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781852249441E12.

Murmur, by Menna Elfyn, is a Welsh poetry collection from United Kingdom, translated by Menna Elfyn, published by Bloodaxe Books in 2013. It is a Welsh collection by Menna Elfyn where voice, self-translation, feminism, and local music gather in a low but persistent sound. The title is right for poems that do not need to shout in order to insist; a murmur can be private, communal, and politically alive. I would not approach it as a book that needs to be solved before it can be felt. Start with the pressure of the title, the texture of the translated line, and the feeling of a voice making room for itself in English. For this library, the book matters as more than a record of United Kingdom; it is an invitation to let poetry remain particular, difficult, and alive without asking it to behave like explanation.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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