A Cloud of Witnesses by Kjell Espmark, trans. By Robin Fulton Macpherson Grace Nichols Mikhail slips between her childhood

Mikhail slips between her childhood in Baghdad and her present life in Detroit

One of the most important debut collections for a generation

that on every page bears witness to the transformative beauty and power of poetry

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A Cloud of Witnesses by Kjell Espmark, trans. By Robin Fulton Macpherson Grace Nichols Mikhail slips between her childhoodKjell Espmark (b. 1930) was Professor of Comparative Literature at Stockholm University from 1978 to 1995 and has been a member of The Swedish Academy since 1981, serving as Chairman of The Nobel Committee from 1988 to 2004. He has published twenty volumes of poetry, ten novels, and over a dozen volumes of literary criticism. His many awards include The Bellman Prize, The Transtrmer Prize, Il Premio Capri and Il Premio Internazionale Camaiore. He is