Edited VolumesRecently Published…
 New European Poets Graywolf Press, 2008 from Publishers Weekly… [Starred Review] Tasked with representing European poets who began publishing after 1970, poets and editors Miller and Prufer recruited 24 regional editors—including Marilyn Hacker (Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Switzerland) and Rika Lesser (Finland and Sweden)—to select and translate 270 contemporary versifiers. The resulting anthology—designed to emphasize poets not already well represented in English—is sure to be a boon to all kinds of poetry lovers and an important reference for decades to come. From Valzhyna Mort of Belarus (“Outside your borders/ they built a huge orphanage,/ and you left us there, belarus”) to Poland's Adam Wiedemann (“Imagine a situation where it never occurs to you/ to think of any other situation”), Norway's Cathrine Grøndahl (“...the most frightening thing is simply/ to be named John Doe and to land in Smalltown”) to Portugal's Rui Pires Cabral (“Great city/ of the missing, so often I didn't have/ the vigor to take pleasure in/ your small, deserted/ gardens”), these poets range from the surreal to the all-too-real, portraying decades of sweeping political change throughout Europe and rendering inner lives shaped by circumstances and places as varied as the languages in which they write. American readers are sure to find many new favorites among those included, and they may even find their whole conception of contemporary European literature upturned. from The Kansas City Star I found no weak poem, and I always had a sense of authenticity. These are works written not for tourists, but rather for serious poetry readers of any origin... This guidebook fills a need for American poets and readers of poetry. from The Bloomsbury Review This anthology is hard to put down ... New European Poets will break new ground for translation and for shifting attention back to the grand European tradition—a timeless dimension whose vibrancy is vital in keeping global writing connected ... [a] monumental accomplishment by a group of committed editors and publishers...proof that American poetry can only sustain itself when it acknowledges that the origins of timeless poetry lie elsewhere. —Ray González ______________________ Also edited by Kevin Prufer
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