For two decades New Poetries has been a proving-ground for new poets in English

from around the world. Here readers first encountered, in generous selections, w
ork by, among others, Caroline Bird, Stephen Burt, Sophie Hannah, Emma Jones, Ni
cole Krauss, Patrick McGuinness, Kei Miller, David Morley, Sinad Morrissey, Togar
a Muzanenhamo, Matthew Welton and Jane Yeh. Published from Manchester, the antho
logies overlook national borders, instead providing vistas across a worldscape.
This fifth New Poetries anthology presents twenty-two new writers, organised in
such a way as to highlight their variety, the irreducible plural of poetry today.
It includes work by poets ranging from their early twenties to their late sixtie
s, and harking from Canada, England, Iran, New Zealand, the Philippines, Scotlan
d, Singapore, South Africa, the United States and Wales. Their forms and themes
are wonderfully various. What they have in common is intelligence, curiosity and
a willingness to take risks. This books surprises remain fresh, the writers prom
ise major things.