I walked on into the forest: poems for a little girl by Tua Forsstrom, trans. By David McDuff
PBS Winter Translation Choice 2021 two rivers press a ventriloquist’s dummy and a

a ventriloquist’s dummy and a mechanical squirrel are all deployed in this exploration of sense and silence through themes of bodily identity

she explores the largely unmapped territories of loss

And he risks traditional forms

– Martin Stannard (about Professions)

I walked on into the forest: poems for a little girl by Tua Forsstrom, trans. By David McDuff <b><br>PBS Winter Translation Choice 2021</b> two rivers press a ventriloquist’s dummy and aTua Forsstrm is a visionary Finland Swedish poet who has become Finland's most celebrated contemporary poet. Her poetry draws its sonorous and plangent music from the landscapes of Finland, seeking harmony between the troubled human heart and the threatened natural world. I walked on into the forest is her twelfth book of poetry, her first since One Evening in October I Rowed Out on the Lake (2012 2015), the collection which followed her celebrated