New Poetries VIII
An Anthology
A Poetry Book Society Spring 2021 Special Commendation.
Edited by Michael Schmidt and John McAuliffe, this is the latest in Carcanet's celebrated introductory anthology series presenting work by two dozen poets writing in English from around the world.
Edited by Michael Schmidt and John McAuliffe, this is the latest in Carcanet's celebrated introductory anthology series presenting work by two dozen poets writing in English from around the world.
About the author
Michael Schmidt FRSL, poet, scholar, critic and translator, was born in Mexico in 1947; he studied at Harvard and at Wadham College, Oxford, before settling in England. Among his many publications are several collections of poems and a novel, "The Colonist" (1981), about a boy's childhood in Mexico. He is general editor of "PN Review" and founder as well as managing director of Carcanet Press. He lives in Manchester.