Yet, love, illumine us and other poems by H. L. Hix and translated by H, Ju ri Talvet

This is poetry from Estonia.

Yet, love, illumine us and other poems by H. L. Hix translated by H, Ju ri Talvet is published by C ervena Barva Press. This is a Book originally written in Estonian. This was published in 2018.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781950063017E12.

Yet, love, illumine us and other poems, translated from the Estonian by H, Ju ri Talvet, brings H. L. Hix’s Estonian-language work into English through C ervena Barva Press. Published in 2018, it is best approached as a book of encounter rather than as a book to solve. The book’s title asks love to do the impossible work of illumination, giving the poems a devotional pressure without closing them inside religion. A useful way into the book is to listen for what the translation makes possible: not a perfect replacement of the original, but a new body of sound. The poems carry Estonia into English without becoming a cultural brochure. They ask for attention, and they reward the reader who lets uncertainty remain useful.

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.

Check out more of the always in-progress translated poetry index here.