Some Cannot Be Caught

The Emma Press Book of Beasts rustles and roars with the voices of animals and humans, co-existing on Earth with varying degrees of harmony. A scorpion appears in a shower; a deer jumps in front of a car. A swarm of snowfleas seethes through leaf litter; children bait a gorilla at the zoo. The poems in this anthology examine hierarchy, herds, power, and the price we pay for belonging.

Author Biography

Liane Strauss is an American poet and professor of Comparative Literature and Creative Writing. She is the author of three poetry collections: Leaving Eden (Salt, 2010), Frankie, Alfredo (Donut Press, 2009) and All the Ways You Still Remind Me of the Moon (Paekakariki Press, 2015). Liane teaches at Rutgers and NYU, participates regularly in The Hudson Review’s Writers in the Schools, and holds an active Research Fellowship at Goldsmith’s College, University of London. She is currently developing a podcast, What We Talk About When We Talk About Poetry, looking for a US publisher for her recently completed manuscript of poems, The Uncertainty Principle, working on a new collection of poems, Ghost Stories, and finishing her first novel, The Insomnia Notebooks. Anja Konig grew up in the German language and now writes in English. Her first pamphlet, Advice for an Only Child, was shortlisted for the 2015 Michael Marks Award. She is a scientist by training and has long been fascinated by human primates and other creatures. Emma Dai’an Wright is a British-Chinese-Vietnamese publisher and illustrator. She worked in ebook production at Orion Publishing Group before leaving in 2012 to set up The Emma Press with the support of the Prince’s Trust. She has since published over 500 writers across more than 130 books, including poetry anthologies for adults and children, short stories, and translations. She lives in Birmingham.