Austerity Measures: The New Greek Poetry by Karen van Dyck (used)

The 2008 debt crisis shook Greece to the core and went on to shake the world. More recently ,Greece has become one of the main channels into Europe for refugees from poverty and war. Greece stands at the Centre of today’s intracable conflicts ,and this situation has led to a trule extraordinary efflorescence of innovative and powerfully moving Greek poetry . Karen van Dyck’s wide -ranging,billingual anthology ,which covers the whole contemporary Greek poetry scene , from literary poets to poets of the spoken word to poets online and more, offers an unequaled sampling of some of the richest and most exciting poetry of our time.