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This collection showcases the bold, heartfelt work of the 2024 graduates from both the MA in Literary Translation and MA in Poetry at UEA.

King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care (1871) is a key Anglo-Saxon text. Preserved in two manuscripts written during Alfred's lifetime, it affords data of the highest value for fixing the grammatical peculiarities of the West-Saxon dialect of the ninth century.

Zooming into tight focus on present-day life and dashing deep into the past in turns, the pace is fast and fierce in The Jamaica Kollection of the Shante Dream Arkive, which continues Marcia Douglas' "speculative ancestral project" (The Whiting Foundation) begun with The Marvellous Equations of the Dread. Her new poetic and eco-spiritual book carries further the cultural preservation so central to Douglas' vision. The Shante Dream Arkive brings alive a mosaic of characters-all searching through history for something or someone lost to the island: a mother searches for her missing child through time and space; an undocumented migrant's struggles with loss while living in the US; a youth wanders through dream-gates seeking liberation and the lost parts of himself. And one key to the whole is Zora Neale Hurston's left-behind camera. Each chapter/poem opens like an aperture onto another aspect of the dream story. And, each and every potent dream story contains the spirit, beauty, and riddim of Jamaica:For after three hundred years of slaughter, monk seals know better than to reveal themselves to humans. These days, they stay low, adapting to below surface conditions and establishing habitat with the underwater spirits of drowned horses and slaves disappeared overboard. For things happen below sea that have never been told. There is wheelin there and turnin; and far-far down past brochure azure, cerulean and indigo, there is a vast dark ink and vortices of voices caught up in such a trumpet of rah- &-glory bottomsea sound as to move earth's axis. And after that, more ink blue, and cobalt and sapphire and a calm-calm wata- velvet and kin to the moon brand new. The monk seals dare not go this far. But the spirits do.

Foregrounds underrepresented agents (women, nature and the nonhuman) in and through the poetry of Theocritus.

The Epic of Cader Idris straddles the colloquial and the humorous, the philosophical and the mundane in language so lyrical that you could almost miss its politics in its own music, humming with the quirks one who knows the immigrant experience of modern Britain as intimately as the cliffs and dales of his youth.

In this sixth collection, Terry Wilson writes about a fish that became an elephant and how this is better than becoming a human. We all want to be elephants someday. This is poetry about the holes in life rather than the whole of life, and what we see through them.

Come sail with me aboard The Art of the Sigh and experience strong emotional seas, everchanging societal winds and the sanctuary of the shore. Your heart will be touched, your mind will be stimulated and your soul will be replenished. Some of the pieces send an overt message while others are less blatant. All are structured to pique your interest and engage your brain, your heart and inspire. Many of the pieces are based on real, easily recognizable events, to which we all can relate. Some of the pieces are reflections of circumstances in my personal life. Many readers will recognize themselves in these compositions. You will undergo personal enlightenment, as well as many moments of self-examination, empathy, sympathy, and compassion. In the interest of full disclosure, you may be brought to tears, laugh out loud, feel deep sadness, or profound anger. The voyage is a rollercoaster journey packed with thought-provoking scenarios mirroring real life events and episodes effecting life in the 21st century and the overwhelming challenges that face us all.

Meet Us and Eat Us: Food plants from around the world celebrates biodiversity through poetry, prose, and fine art photography. Giving plants voice and agency, it introduces their family relationships, geographical origin, history of use and travel, and cultural significance in a playful and scientifically rigorous exploration.

In Poetry & Rhyme, Gray Edgewood invites readers into a world painted with the nuances of everyday life and the quiet beauty of nature. Living in the coastal town of Scarborough, Edgewood's poetry captures the essence of his surroundings, from the simple joys of watching wild birds to the unexpected encounters that colour our lives. Each poem is a window into the poet's observations and reflections, offering a gentle, contemplative perspective on the mundane and the extraordinary alike.

The Iliad and the Odyssey are the cornerstones of Western literature, inspiring artists, writers, philosophers, musicians, playwrights, and film-makers throughout history. Barbara Graziosi introduces Homer's key works and discusses the main literary, historical, and archaeological issues at the heart of Homeric studies.

A trans pastor’s transformation of the Scripture inherited from his closeted, fundamentalist father When his dad died, Malcolm Himshoot inherited his father’s bibles. Rereading them, examining his dad’s notes in their margins, Malcolm weaves details of his upbringing and gender identity into the structures and forms of biblical narratives. For Malcolm, coming out meant exile and verbal excommunication; he embodied all his gay father tried to hide. In Reading Secrets, Malcolm travels alongside the ghost of his father, exploring their inherited homophobia and the American culture that shaped their triumphs and tragedies. With these poetic and evocative meditations, Malcolm transforms the Scripture he inherited, and finds a place in it for himself.