The Historians by Eavan Boland Bhanu Kapil spanning a life in words

spanning  a life in words

providing insights into Anglo-Indian and American writing

links in literature from land to land and from age to age

whose childlike style reveals the powerful emotions and fanciful imaginings of childhood

PBS Recommended Translation - Summer 2016

The Historians by Eavan Boland Bhanu Kapil spanning a life in wordsA forceful and moving final volume from one of the most masterful poets of the twentieth century. Throughout her nearly sixty year career, acclaimed poet Eavan Boland came to be known for her exquisite ability to weave myth, history, and the life of an ordinary woman into mesmerizing poetry. She was an essential voice in both feminist and Irish literature, praised for her 'edgy precision, an uncanny sympathy and warmth, an unsettling sense of history'