Love is a Place by Joan Margarit Long Pass the desire to escape our

the desire to escape our own lives

are diverse in form

his ability to adapt contemporary speech rhythms and everyday vocabulary to subtle metrical patterns and poetic forms

Holly Magill

providing an ample

Love is a Place by Joan Margarit Long Pass the desire to escape ourJoan Margarit is one of Spains major modern writers. Born in 1938, he worked as an architect and first published his work in Spanish, but for the past four decades has become known for his mastery of the Catalan language, and is now, arguably, Spains most widely acclaimed contemporary poet. The melancholy and candour of his poetry show his affinity with Thomas Hardy, whose work he has translated. In the much praised Tugs in the Fog: Selected Poems