A slow bus journey in torrential rain across Cambridge to reach Clive Wilmer's reading from his new collection The Mystery of Things. His poems have a really balanced, solid feel to them, and I enjoyed hearing him read.
Tragically, Nadia Anjuman a young poet from Afghanistan was found dead a few days ago. She recently published a collection of her poems Gul-e-dodi (Dark red flower).
The following report was posted on Radio Free
Europe:Anjuman, a 24-year-old poet and journalist, was found dead on 5 November in her home in the city of Herat, Pajhwak Afghan News reported on 6 November. Colonel Nesar Ahmad Paikar, a spokesman for the Herat Province police, told Pajhwak that Anjuman's husband and mother-in-law were missing from the house where her body was discovered along with her newborn baby. According to the police, Anjuman's husband, Farid Majid Naia, later confessed to beating his wife but denied killing her. Anjuman's family has not allowed an autopsy, but an investigation into the case has begun.
I have been unable to track down translations of her poems in English but am still trawling the web for any - if anyone finds a link please post it up.
