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Edgy debut collection steeped in social criticism about mental illness, childhood violence, financial problems, and working in a brothel.
About the author
Asta Olivia Nordenhof made her debut in 2011 with the novel Et ansigt til Emily (A Face for Emily), which won the Bodil and Jørgen Munch-Christensen Debutant Prize. She is a graduate of the School of Authors in Copenhagen, and won the 2013 Montanas Literature Prize for her poetry collection, The Easiness and the Loneliness. She has worked as a prostitute, and runs a blog that combines diary entries, poems, excerpts of critical theory texts, and observations on everything from feminism to red wine.
Susanna Nied is a writer and translator who received the Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets in 2007 for her translation of it by Inger Christensen. She has twice been a finalist for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation.
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•Advance copies also sent to members of the NBCC Award Committee and the Best Translated Book Award Poetry Committee.
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•Try and get a poem included in Poetry Daily.
•Will use Jen Grotz’s poetry world contacts (Jen is our poetry editor) to generate pre-press buzz and excitement for this edgy collection.
•There are a number of YouTube videos of Nordenhof reading or discussing her works—some in Danish, some not—which we will repost on social media and our newsletter to familiarize more people with her status and work.
