Carolyn Forché

The story of modern British art history told through the stories of its women. Consider for a moment the history of modern art in Britain; you may st

Carolyn Forché’s The Country Between Us bears witness to what she saw in El Salvador in the late 1970s, travelling around a country erupting into civi

During the Salvadoran Civil War, a young poet becomes an activist in tumultuous national circumstances. Relevant to the upsurge in strong-man politics

Carolyn Forche is one of America's most important contemporary poets. Her later collections are visionary works drawing on work written over many year

Anthology celebrating the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King receiving an honorary degree in civil law at Newcastle University in November 1967

A groundbreaking anthology containing the work of poets who have witnessed war, imprisonment, torture, and slavery.

Ukraine may be the only country on earth that owes its existence, at least in part, to a poet. Ever since the appearance of Taras Shevchenko's Kobzar

'Steels ambities, haar voorstellingsvermogen en haar filosofische en cultuurhistorische beschrijvingen zijn prikkelend genoeg om rond te dolen in de s

An examination of the Scientific Revolution that shows how the mechanistic world view of modern science has sanctioned the exploitation of nature, unr

Lonely Planet’s Pocket Reykjavík & Southwest Iceland is your guide to the city’s best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Swi

In the Histories, which could loosely be translated as 'Investigations' or 'Researches,' Herodotus tells how the Persian Empire began, grew, and then