Tongues of Fire by Seán Hewitt
PBS Summer Recommendation 2020 translation `have been underused in English

`have been underused in English since the seventeenth century (with some notable exceptions)'

and covers closely relevant historical contexts

Humanity is currently at a turning point in environmental terms – and I think it’s important to understand mistakes of the past so we can try to not repeat them

Louis Aragon et Elsa Triolet

general strikes

Tongues of Fire by Seán Hewitt <br><b>PBS Summer Recommendation 2020</b> translation `have been underused in EnglishIn this collection, Sean Hewitt gives us poems of a rare musicality and grace. By turns searing and meditative, these are lyrics concerned with the matter of the world, its physicality, but also attuned to the proximity of each moment, each thing, to the spiritual. Here, there is sex, grief, and loss, but also a committed dedication to life, hope and renewal. Drawing on the religious, the sacred and the profane, this is a collection in which men meet