They'll Be Good for Seed: Anthology of Contemporary Hungarian Poetry

Gabor G Gyukics (b. 1958) jazz poet, literary translator born in Budapest. He is the author of 9 books of original poetry, 6 in Hungarian, 2 in English, 1 in Arabic, 1 in Bulgarian, 1 in Czech and 11 books of translations including A Transparent Lion, selected poetry of Attila József and Swimming in the Ground: Contemporary Hungarian Poetry (in English, both with co-translator Michael Castro) and an anthology of North American Indigenous poets in Hungarian titled Medvefelhő a város felett. He writes his poems in English (which is his second language) and Hungarian. His latest book in English titled a hermit has no plural was published by Singing Bone Press in the fall of 2015. His latest book in Hungarian was published by Lector Press in May 2018.Michael Castro (1945-2018) is a native of New York City who lived in St. Louis for most of his adult life. He was a poet and translator. He has published ten collections of his own poetry, most recently We Need to Talk: New & Selected Poems, as well as the literary history, Interpreting the Indian: Twentieth Century Poets and the Native American. Castro was the co-founder of River Styx, a community based literary organization that has produced River Styx Magazine and readings in St. Louis since 1975, as well as a long running radio program, Poetry Beat.

• János ÁfraJohanna DomokosGábor G GyukicsAttila JászDénes KrusovszkyGábor LanckorJúlia LázárMónika MesterházyZita MurányiZsuka NagyMárió Nemes Z.Anna Szabó T.Sándor TatárJános TéreyKrisztina TóthSzabina Ughy