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Her grand and melancholic opening poem 'Memory' sets the tone for this remarkable collection
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Finuala Dowling’s debut collection
the faraway friends
POEMS FROM THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION Fiona Benson Her grand and melancholic openingOne language is falling silent every two weeks. Half of the 7,000 languages spoken in the world today will be lost by the end of this century. With the loss of these languages, we also lose the unique poetic traditions of their speakers and writers. Poems from the Edge of Extinction gathers together 50 poems in languages from around the world that have been identified as endangered; it is a celebration of our linguistic diversity and a reminder of our
