Tomaž Šalamun

Walter M. Cummins

Aleš Debeljak

Maja Haderlap

Alojz Ihan

Jure Potokar

Although their subjects, styles, and techniques often differ, in total these poems make clear the distinctions between the nature of poetry in Eastern Europe and that in the West. While several of the languages represented here are limited to a small number of speakers, each has a commitment to the central role of poetry in the history of its people and as a source of their unity.

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