Still Here by Elin ap Hywel, trans. Laura Fisk illness Ann Westgarth

Ann Westgarth

Chen Chen's debut When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities was published in the UK by Bloodaxe in 2019

so much so that one might say that Maps of Desire represents the perfect union of poet and translator

And yet this collection of beautifully crafted poems makes complete sense

Still Here by Elin ap Hywel, trans. Laura Fisk illness Ann WestgarthPublished 31st October 2025. Elin ap Hywels Still Here, translated by Laura Fisk, is a resonant and formally diverse collection that weaves together myth, memory, politics, and personal reflection across shifting poetic registers. Drawing from Welsh history and folklore, ap Hywels writing moves from lyrical meditations on landscape and loss to sharply observed, quietly subversive commentaries on gender, identity, and domestic ritual. The poems often