Before Lyricism by Eleni Vakalo, trans. by Karen Emmerich The Language of Eldorado The poems in Nancy Campbell’s

The poems in Nancy Campbell’s first collection transport the reader to the frozen shores of Greenland

Egill's poetry conjures up a territory far beyond the normal scope of language

but in the end she sings a song which affirms that flawed humanity is indeed perfectible

Kate Carruthers Thomas was born in North Wales within spitting distance of the sea and Snowdonia

Etter offers us a vivid impression of the American prairie with its cornfields extending to the horizon

Before Lyricism by Eleni Vakalo, trans. by Karen Emmerich The Language of Eldorado The poems in Nancy Campbell’sBefore Lyricism includes six book length poems: "The Forest" (1954), "Plant Upbringing" (1956), "Diary of Age" (1958), "Description of the Body" (1959), "The Meaning of the Blind" (1962), and "Our Way of Being in Danger" (1966). Each of these, apart from Plant Upbringing, was published as a separate book, which Vakalo herself designed. (Plant Upbringing was originally included in the volume Wall Painting, of which Vakalo later repudiated all but this