Belinda Cooke is a widely published poet, translator and reviewer. This consists of seven collections, including translations from both Russian and Kazakh. Best known for her translations of Marina Tsvetaeva, she has recently written a prose memoir of her mother’s life: From the Back of Beyond to Westland Row: a Mayo Woman’s Story (The High Window Press, 2022). Her latest collection, The Days of the Shorthanded Shovelists, is due from Salmon Poetry in 2024.