This major bilingual anthology, with English translations by Richard Zenith and Alexis Levitin, introduces the work of 28 Portuguese poets (beginning with Fernando Pessoa and his 'heteronyms'), and reveals a richly varied body of verse that is at once a place of departure and exploration as well as, in the words of Alexandre O'Neill's 'Portugal', "an ongoing discussion with myself"

Poets included: Alberto CAEIRO - Ricardo REIS - lvaro de CAMPOS - Fernando PESSOA - Florbela ESPANCA - Jorge de SENA - Sophia de Mello BREYNER - Carlos de OLIVIERA - Eug nio de ANDRADE - M rio CESARINY - Alexandre O'NEILL - Ant nio Ramos ROSA - Herberto HELDER - Ruy BELO - Fiama Hasse Pais BRAND O - Luiza Neto JORGE - Vasco Gra a MOURA - Ant nio Franco ALEXANDRE - Al BERTO - Nuno J DICE - Ana Lu sa AMARAL - Ad lia LOPES - Paulo TEIXEIRA - Jos Tolentino MENDON A - Lu s QUINTAIS - Daniel FARIA - Margarida Vale de GATO - Daniel JONAS