Against Gravity Bewketu Seyoum nobody knows

nobody knows

and sexuality

'The unsung heroine - A tribute to Auxillia Chimusoro'

set alongside a line-by-line translation into English

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

Against Gravity Bewketu Seyoum nobody knowsAgainst 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