Unbound Edition Press today announced it will publish Howard Altmann’s third English-language poetry collection, Infinite Sky Divided. The title is scheduled for publication in February 2026.
In Infinite Sky Divided, Altmann maps the territories where memory intersects with history, where personal grief meets collective trauma. These luminous poems move with the precision of a master craftsman, weaving through landscapes both intimate and vast — from wartime Budapest to contemporary Kyiv, from Portuguese cobblestones to American hotel bars.
Altmann is an internationally acclaimed poet whose most recent book, Forgive Time, is an original collection of 50 poems translated into Hebrew by poet Tal Nitzan, and published by Keshev Press, the premier publisher of Hebrew and World poetry (Wislawa Szymborska, Czeslaw Milosz, Tomas Tranströmer). A frequent contributor to The Guardian’s “Poem of the Week” series, his work has appeared in The Atlantic, Poetry, The Poetry Review, The Best American Poetry and has been translated around the world. A native Montrealer, he has earned degrees from McGill University and Stanford University, respectively, and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Of his work, the late John Ashbery wrote: “Howard Altmann’s surprised and surprising environment…is a quietly brilliant achievement.” Billy Collins says, “Howard Altmann is an inventor of verbal scenes, where clarity and mystery keep switching places, and imagery seems to have a will of its own. His lucky readers are in for some startling imaginative rides.”
Peter Campion, executive editor of the press and editor in chief of its literary journal, Revel, said, “Howard Altmann has a rare lyric gift, a quality I associate with poets such as Szymborska and Amichai. I have in mind the fierce liveliness and abiding wonder that run beneath the clarity of the lines and phrases. Infinite Sky Divided returns the reader to a state of original awe.”
Patrick Davis, publisher and editor in chief at Unbound Edition Press, said, “Howard Altmann bravely crosses cultures and histories to show the importance of poetry as a humanistic art. His powerful voice is in fact a dissent from the easy distractions that corrode our culture, as D. Nurkse writes, ‘Infinite Sky Divided is a beacon in an age of noise.’ We’re honored and proud to publish such a distinguished and vital poet.”
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