On the Edge of a Sword

On the Edge of a Sword is a selection of Kristiina Ehin s latest work deeply personal, unflinchingly honest, autobiographical poems which, at the same time, are also a heartfelt defense of the right of the Estonian language to exist and flourish in our increasingly anglicised world.

The poems in On the Edge of a Sword have been selected from her most recent book, entitled Emapuhkus, published in April 2009. The poems were written over a period of two years beginning shortly before the birth of her child.