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David Romtvedt
With Still on Earth, David Romtvedt addresses the sometimes disconcerting, sometimes thrilling, and, if we accept the writer's premise, always wacky crossings experienced by figures identified as the person, the…
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Forest of Ash offers to English language readers many of the oldest known fragments of poems and songs in Basque, bits and pieces of a distant time, place, and language…
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…beautiful, unusual pieces. Romtvedt strips his voice to only that which he can say with certainty. –Sharon Doubiago
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The story of the Basque immigrant Zelestina Urza and her life in the fictional town of Wolf, Wyoming –
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Explores the art of living in the fast-paced, dangerous, unpredictable contemporary world. Lucid and wise in the spirit of its ancient Chinese predecessor, No Way functions as a kind of…
In the series of poems that underpins this collection, David Romtvedt imagines the daily lives of angels as well as other, more earthly, concerns. Whether he is considering the work…
An historical fiction book, narrated by a friend of Zelestina who only knew her in her old age (after the story takes place). The story begins at Zelestina’s funeral and…
Joxe Mari Iparragirre, David Romtvedt
It's stunning that such a central figure of Basque cultural and literary history as Joxe Mari Iparragirre has never before been published in English. We are very lucky indeed that…
Joxe Mari Iparragirre,David Romtvedt
The poetry of the Basque and musician poet Joxe Mari Iparragirre translated for the first time into English.
