CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. A NOTE TO THE READER ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. GHOSTLY MUSIC IN THE AIR 15
6. EVERYONE SANG 34
7. L’INFINITO 53
8. EINEN REINEN VORGANG 69
9. THE GRIEF THAT DOES NOT SPEAK 92
10. THE POWER OF THE VISIBLE 107
11. A VERY YOUNG POLICEMAN EXPLODING 127
12. AN OLD CHAOS OF THE SUN 149
13. WELTENTON 162
14. LA RAZÓN POÉTICA 180
15. WHY LOOK AT ANIMALS? 206
16. A STONY INVITATION TO REFLECT 234
17. A GOLDEN AGE OF POETRY AND POWER 250
18. WHERE TURTLES WIN 275
19. SÓLO TÚ, ALMA MÍA 293
20. LIKE A STRIPÈD PAIR OF PANTS 306
21. TANTALUS IN LOVE 325
22. A GIFT TO THE FUTURE 356
23. THE PANIC OF THE ADVERSARY 369
24. THE BAT-POET 386
25. TO RECLAIM LOST SPACE 400
26. A TOWERING STRANGENESS 418
27. THE POETS IN GHANA 440
28. NOTES 463
29. SELECT BIBILIOGRAPHY 479
30. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 485
31. INDEX 487