Six Estonian Poets, ed. Doris Kareva A Herring Famine with whom he has arguably

with whom he has arguably more affinity than with much poetry from the Dutch-language canon

to chart our progress towards selfhood

and presents the finest work from one of the most important figures in poetry today

and a deep inquiry into the natural world

and its stubborn delectation of life

Six Estonian Poets, ed. Doris Kareva A Herring Famine with whom he has arguablyIn Six Estonian Poets, the editor, Doris Kareva, presents us with the work of five highly individual poets of the younger generation together with that of one of the most influential figures of their parents' generation. For Estonians, poetry has always been far more than entertainment; it is a way of keeping their language alive, a cultural thread which, throughout their history and under the sway of a series of masters, has preserved and nourished