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) wrote his On the Consolation of Philosophy imprisoned and in chains

voor iedereen die de liefde wil vieren en mateloos wil verlagen'

'The most moving lines literature has achieved' - Jorge Luis Borges

Not merely a regional articulation but in global resonance

Between Fish Scales The Lady of Elche ) wrote his On theLeire Bilbao (trans. Joana Urtasun) In her English language debut, Basque poet Leire Bilbao gives us a visceral view of motherhood, worklife, and plural desire in a maritime landscape, both hyper real and eerily anthropomorphic. Carrying the melodies of her early, bardic work as a bertsolari (singer of improvised Basque verse), and a lived knowledge of local fishing traditions, Bilbao weaves a net of unfamiliar language that trawls the depths of