Poems from Cardiff is part of a new series of Seren pamphlets celebrating the various regions of Wales. The focus of this number is the lively, fast-growing capital. Poems from Cardiff is packed with diverse voices and views, from Gillian Clarke's `The City' where the "the sea wrestles the Severn" to Ivor Thomas's `I Loved her a Lot in Splott'.
Amy Wack was born in Florida and educated at San Diego and Columbia universities. A graduate of Columbia writing programme in New York City, Amy Wack now lives in Cardiff and has been Poetry Editor at Seren since 1992, where she has edited a number of poetry collections, including Skirrid Hill by Owen Sheers and Jonathan Edwards Costa Prize-winning collection, My Family and Other Superheroes.