A collection where classical references, film, myth, and fragmentary prose and poetry intersect. Carson summons figures such as Oedipus, Emily Dickinson, and Audubon, placing intellectual play and quiet grief on the same page.

Classical and modern, poetry and prose collide and settle into a single breath.

A selection of Paul Celan's poetry translated into English by Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh. It carries over the dense language, broken syntax, and musical tension of Celan's post-Holocaust work, opening his poetic world to new readers.

Between rupture and resonance, Celan's poems gain a new English breath.

A selection of Paul Celan's poetry translated into English by Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh. It carries over the dense language, broken syntax, and musical tension of Celan's post-Holocaust work, opening his poetic world to new readers.

Between rupture and resonance, Celan's poems gain a new English breath.