The Silver Throat of the Moon: Writing in ExileRefugees and asylum seekers are rarely out of the headlines, or political debate, but only rarely do people in exile have the opportunity to speak for themselves. The Silver Throat of the Moon includes material from writers originating in countries as diverse as Algeria and Zimbabwe, Somalia and Iran, Kurdistan and Afghanistan. Some authors, like Choman Hardi, Sousa Jamba, Reza Baraheni and the late Miroslav Jancic are now well known internationally

and now it seems that everywhere

bent by bundles of wood

The collection is observant

Gavin Ewart

in the stables flies stir the air

"Fans of Gerda Mayer will be delighted with her new collection

where pigs and dogs had died From mauling corpses or infected rags

Lebanese poets occupy an extremely important place in the Arab poetry scene

Once various contacts had been made

And suddenly everything was quite different

whose Waiting for the Night Rowers won the Aldeburgh Prize

From how she strolled He knew she'd like to go with him to Florence