The Thirteenth Month [Paperback]

This collection introduces Danish Poet Inge Pedersen to English-speaking audiences in beautiful translations by the distinguished American poet/translator Marilyn Nelson. Readers will appreciate the lyricism and realism of one of Europes finest poets.

INGE PEDERSEN has published four collections of poems, two volumes of short stories, and two novels. The winner of many Danish and Scandinavian fellowships and prizes, she lives in Jutland. MARILYN NELSON has published eight collection of poems, includin

Translators Introduction Towards Morning Weasel Respite Chimneysweep My Grandmother Sits in the Garden Circle The First Springs Shadow Pilot Project Open the Darkness Salt Room Service Blue The Potatoes The Move Vertical Guardian Angels Winter Right There in the Smoke Right Rope Dancer Letter to My Flighty Daughter Go Far It Begins Someplace Wound Mourning Doves Close to the Shadow Wild Pursuit Grief Has Stamped A Stone in the Belly Lose Yourself in Me The Swallow The Thirteenth Month Maybe Today Through Me We Draw Near Thank-You Note A Shared Second When Im Eaten by Ants Winter Tree