Aleš Šteger is a Slovenian author whose five poetry collections have been translated into several languages. He has won numerous awards in Europe, including the 1998 Veronika Award and the 2007 Ro‑anc Award.
It seemed that every moment winter would touch its own back. The year’s last snow melted in the daytime, budded again overnight from sidewalks and car hoods, consuming into March and then into April days the deep patience of the most...