Switch: The Complete Catullus Lisa RobertsonCatullus (translated by Isobel Williams) During the latter phases of Covid, Isobel Williams completed her celebrated translations of the polyamorous ancient Roman poet Catullus. The poems that proved impossible when she prepared Shibari Carmina, published to acclaim in 2021, finally surrendered to her. 'Translating Catullus has been, for me, like cage fighting with two opponents, not just A Top Poet, but the schoolgirl I was, trained to show the
and history animate a new vision
Brion Gysin
"Warsh's translation of Desnos's dream-chant-poem-cloud testifies to translation as a mode of reading: we can only translate what we can read
most marvellous is Joyce Mansour's canny adaptation of the Surrealist impulse towards revolt to subversively femme ends
depicting The Magic Apple Tree (c
and extrudes a variety of poems to suit this most serious situation comedy: poems as job interviews
runic poems about the fraught act of communication and its failures
Will Alexander’s The Combustion Cycle – a full 614 pages – focuses the reader’s attention on civilizations
"--Corina Copp
Drawing on his Anglo-Indonesian heritage
and quietism featured in most contemporary Philippine poetry
een essay ‘op zoek naar het gedicht waarin staat wat ik wil zeggen’
