Mountainish Ulla Kasten He now lives in Aberystwyth

He now lives in Aberystwyth and until recently was Editor of the influential magazine of diverse international writing

invites us to leap into deep space - across a universe where light

or about drunks

But as the poems in Swarf reveal

She is a Fellow of the Hawthenden International Writers Centre

Mountainish Ulla Kasten He now lives in AberystwythA narrator and her dog are criss crossing the Swiss Alps. She travels with friends who share her interest in food, languages and their topographical contexts. They collect colours, even look for colourlessness, and develop the idea of a walk in diary, a vain attempt to archive their observations. Gradually, other mountains appear in their observations and memories, as do the mountains of literature and art. Mountains may be sites of fear and awe, of