In my Garden of MutantsA bilingual introduction to the work of one of the leading poets on the Belarusian scene today lyrical, surreal, political poetry, written in Belarusian (classified by UNESCO as a vulnerable language) and superbly translated by Annie Rutherford.

the historical with the present and asks you to explore the strange and the familiar in equal measure

"These can be very dark poems full of disturbing images and negative emotions yet expressed with eloquence and lyricism

Other excerpts include:

and Greece

dresses like a bum

and detailed explanatory notes

without any agenda

each amassing over 200

PBS Recommended Translation for Spring 2013

on the punishing work of pearl-divers

But her hunt for the truth has not gone unnoticed by those close to her

He is a specialist teacher for students with learning disabilities