Is Not is the kind of book that takes a lifetime to write – a book of the spirit made manifest by the poet’s unrelenting gaze and her intimate engagement with the mysteries that keep us reaching
She captures a view of the upper reaches of the River Thames that is entirely fresh
its decisively modern inflections
Restlessly inquisitive
and look ahead as she tries to work out what it means to be the one who stays behind
The Parley Tree ed. Patrick Williamson (Bilingual English/French) Arc Publications Is Not is the kindFeaturing the work of Mohammed Dib, Habib Tengour, Paul Dakeyo, Nimrod, Alain Mabanckou, Tchicaya U Tam'si, Kama Sywor Kamanda, Abdourahman A. Waberi, Tanella Boni, Venus Khoury Ghata, Edouard Maunick, Khal Torabully, Abdellatif Labi, Babacar Sall, Tahar Bekri, Shams Nadir, Amina Sad Edited, translated and introduced by Patrick Williamson Part of our Anthologies in Translation series edited by Jean Boase Beier Poetry is one of the major forms of