Astéronymesastronyme, n. (French). A sequence of asterisks used to hide a name or password. In this follow up to her acclaimed debut, The Shipwrecked House (Guardian First Book Award longlisted), Anglo Breton poet Claire Trvien takes us to a place where ancient stone circles collide with the language of the internet. Trvien becomes curator of imaginary museums, indexing objects and histories with a quixotic energy. The stunning central sequence recounts a

Amongst many notable poets and translators included here are Marilyn Hacker with her translations of Tunisian Tahar Bekri

Linton Kwesi Johnson and Kwame Dawes indicate some of these

His previous books of poetry include Mainland (1973)

Along with everything else

Dare I enfold and entangle

Nick Potamitis

Each poem is a portal into other stories: from Padraic Colum’s The King of Ireland’s Son to the Talmud to Sunset Boulevard

with poems translated by Issa J Boullata

He has also written a collection of short fiction

”Searle's poetry is characterised by a passionate political drive as a celebration of revolution that scans the continents of the world

so that we see

plagiarism and the poetic line are just three of the subjects under the spotlight in this book of essays by much-loved literary blogger Katy Evans-Bush