When I reviewed Will Stone's translation of Stefan Zweig's Messages from a Lost World for The London Magazine (October/November 2016) I stressed the "clarity and insight" of his introduction. The substantial twelve page introduction to this attractively produced bi-lingual edition of Rodenbach's selected poems is a clear reminder yet again of how the translator and literary critic/historian treads a path to the reader: Stone brings the world of Rodenbach's eerie white shades to the fore and we can recognise the ways in which Baudelaire, Rilke and even the early Eliot can be seen within an urban landscape.

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Yet again Arc Publications, in this guest-edited volume by Olivia Hanks, has revealed itself to be one of the most important poetry presses working in this country. Long may it continue!