Island Mountain Glacier by Astrid Alben trans. By Astrid Alben Incarnation But I return to them

But I return to them

already known for translations of Mexican poets

Along the way are poems on trees

’ – Yang Lian (in Family Tradition)

lightly worn… So original that it has sometimes scared off critical scrutineers

Island Mountain Glacier by Astrid Alben trans. By Astrid Alben Incarnation But I return to themPublished 8 March 2022. Available to pre order. Island mountain glacier by acclaimed poet Anne Vegter is tumultuous, humorous, erotic, enigmatic and vulgar in equal measure. Written in an elastic, playful style that levels the playing field of what kinds of images carry poetic weight, the poems inhabit an incongruous space between everyday distractions and intimate, at times uncomfortable or disturbing questions. Vegter became the first female Poet