“Brilliantly eclectic, a testament to poetry’s power to reimagine and remake. As Selima Hill writes, ‘it’s good to be reminded how to hope’.” The Guardian
Poetry & Covid-19 is the first anthology of its kind to document the ongoing pandemic. Leading poets from the UK have paired up with poets from around the world to respond to the virus in ways which are at once personal and collaborative, local and universal. This anthology recognises the value of poetry during difficult times.
UK-Based Poets and Pairings
George Szirtes and Alvin Pang (Singapore)
Sinéad Morrissey and Jan Wagner (Germany), Iain Galbraith (Translator, Germany/Scotland)
Vahni Capildeo and Vivek Narayanan (India/Zambia)
David Herd and Sharmistha Mohanty (India)
Rachael Allen and Ilya Kaminsky (USA)
Jennifer Cooke and Jessica Pujol Duran (Chile)
Matthew Welton and Hazel Smith (Australia)
Luke Kennard and Yuwon Hwang (South Korea)
Momtaza Mehri and A. E. Stallings (Greece)
Vidyan Ravinthiran and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (India)
Inua Ellams and Omar Musa (Australia)
Carol Leeming and Rakhshan Rizwan (Pakistan)
Declan Ryan and Linda Stern-Zisquit (Israel)
André Naffis-Sahely and Stacey Hardy (South Africa)
Rory Waterman and Togara Muzanenhamo (Zimbabwe)
Anthony Caleshu and Mariko Nagai (Japan)
Zoë Skoulding and Yana Lucila Lema (Ecuador)
Selima Hill and Wang Xiaoni (China), Eleanor Goodman (Translator, USA)
Harriet Tarlo and Craig Santos Perez (Guam/Hawaii, USA)