Maria Taylor's first collection, titled Melanchrini, is now available on the Nine Arches Press website. You can read an extract and purchase a copy here.
I first met Maria last year when we read together at a Nine Arches Shindig in Leicester, and I very much enjoyed listening to her work. Bearing in mind my own interest in identity and belonging as channelled throughout nationality and upbringing, I was especially drawn to the way she wove together her Greek-Cypriot background and U.K. based life. Melanchini will definitely be on my summer reading list!
Following on from the publication in January 2025 of my translation of
‘Dressel’s Garden’, one of Jürgen Becker’s longer poems (which recently
appeared on ...
Thanks, Matthew. I hope you enjoy reading the book!
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