Bragr

Ross Cogan's collection Bragr (Old Norse for 'poetry'), brings us the voice of the Skald or Bard who reinterprets tales from Norse mythology for our times. As precise and beautifully colored as an illuminated manuscript, these poems are full of rich imagery and detail, packed with dramatic incident and conflict. Wonderfully skillful, entertaining, imaginative and prescient, these are poems to read and revisit.

Ross Cogan has a PhD from Bristol University and, in 1999, received a Gregory Award from the Society of Authors. He has published two collections, Stalin’s Desk (2005) and The Book I Never Wrote(2012) with Oversteps Books. He has won first place in The Exeter Prize, The Staple Open Poetry Competition, The Frogmore Poetry Prize, The Crabbe Memorial Prize, and The Cannon Poets Sonnet Competition and second prize in the Troubadour International Poetry Competition. His poetry has appeared in numerous magazines, including PN Review, Poetry London, The Rialto, New Welsh Review, Stand, Acumen, and Agenda.