Marie Lundquist is the author of twelve books of poetry and prose. Formerly a librarian and a teacher, she published her first book of poems in 1992; I walk around gathering up my garden for the night, in Kristina Andersson Bicher’s translation, was published in English by Bitter Oleander Press in 2020. Lundquist is also a translator of the work of Norwegian Nobel laureate Jon Fosse into Swedish. She is the recipient of numerous awards.
Every time we lay claim to something, we fall into the yarns of loss. Don’t let the pretense of ownership run away with you. Weak parts, like arms and legs, can so easily disappear. It just takes the…
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