Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West

Introduction by Mark Fisher

Akihiro Kumagaya

They are more our contemporaries than most birds

The result was Volapük

News of the Universe. Poems of Twofold Consciousness Helmut Höge Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons withAcclaimed poet and translator Robert Bly here assembles a unique cross cultural anthology that illuminates the idea of a larger than human consciousness operating in the universe. The books 150 poems come from around the world and many eras: from the ecstatic Sufi poet Rumi to contemporary voices like Kenneth Rexroth, Denise Levertov, Charles Simic, and Mary Oliver. Brilliant introductory essays trace our shifting attitudes toward the natural world,