Against Gravity Bewketu Seyoum He was Chair of the

He was Chair of the Arts Council Literature Panel and a member of the Irish Academy of Letters

translated by Mary-Ann Constantine and the author

set alongside a line-by-line translation into English

as Pamela Taylor reveals the secrets of trees through her exquisitely detailed and accurately observed pen-and-ink drawings

in society

Against Gravity Bewketu Seyoum He was Chair of theAgainst Gravity: the title alludes to our struggle with mortality as we age and, by contrast, the pleasures of play, imagination, creativity. Robert Saxtons latest poetry book is dedicated to a friend whose heart gave out on a Scottish mountain. But in counterpoint to the elegaic, it offers humour too, often with dark overtones. The subject matter is wide ranging from the late Queen to the pitfalls of indexing, from Neros theatre to trouser suits for