Knife Sharpener by Sargon Boulus Michael Edwards […] His cosmopolitanism is neither

[…] His cosmopolitanism is neither idealized nor fetishised

So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club

is that such poetry is not only possible but absolutely necessary

of mature reflections on youthful experiences

Described as “a writer of great tenderness and lyricism” (Agenda

Knife Sharpener by Sargon Boulus Michael Edwards […] His cosmopolitanism is neitherKnife Sharpener Selected Poems is a posthumous commemoration and celebration of Sargon Boulus, in a collection of poems, written between 1991 and 2007 that he translated himself, together with an essay, "Poetry and Memory", written a few months before he died in October 2007. With a Foreword by Adonis and an Introduction by Dublin poet and publisher Pat Boran, the volume includes nine pages of photographs and tributes from fellow poets and writers