Speed of Life, Michael Strunge //
Translated by Paul Russell Garrett //
Pages 112, paperback
Released November 25th, 2021 //

The 1978 debut collection by Danish poet, Michael Strunge in a bilingual edition, with a foreword by Victor Sousa. Informed by Rimbaud, Bowie and the punk movement to name but a few influences, Michael Strunge remains one of the most loved writers in modern Danish literature. With his unflinching ethics and his explosive poems about love and the city, his oeuvre of eleven collections is an incredible achievement in a very short life that was heavily impacted by recurrent mental health issues. Strunge took his own life in 1986, aged only 27, but his legacy lives on and continues to inspire new generations of writers, musicians and artists.