Translated by Martyn CrucefixIn 55 sonnets Rainer Maria Rilke plays an astonishingset of philosophical and sensual variations on theOrpheus myth. 'Praising, that's it!' he declares; nature,art, love, time, childhood, technology, poverty, justice -all are encompassed in poems that spark with insightand invention, among the most joyful and light-footedthat Rilke ever wrote.'All poetry resists translation, and one poem may have many di...

Rainer Maria Rilke developed one of the most singular poetic styles of the twentieth century. Visionary yet always anchored in the real world, his poems give profound expression to fundamental questions of love and death, of the chaos of the modern world as well as the spiritual consolation of art and nature.Change Your Life draws from across Rilke's career to offer a comprehensive view of his most essential poetry, featuring major selections from the great Duino Elegi...

In Case of Loss reveals Seiler's essays to be different to, but on a par with, his fiction and poetry. Beautifully anecdotal and associative, they throw a light on literature and his East German background, including the Soviet-era mining community he grew up in, and are full of insight, humanity and an attention to overlooked objects and lives.

The Winter 2022-23 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporaryAmerican literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in avariety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton amongminnows.”The Winter 2022-23 Issue, edited by Editor-in-chief Ladette Randolph and Poetry Editor John