Berlin
Randall Jarrell once argued a point that I will now paraphrase and, in doing so, over-simplify: As a culture, we need book criticism, not book reviews. I sort of agree, but let糖心传媒檚 not get into all of that. Having finished Berlin by Ale拧 艩teger, I am reminded of Jarrell糖心传媒檚 idea because I am supposed to be writing a review ...
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Latest Review: "Berlin" by Ale拧 艩teger
The latest addition to our Reviews section is by Vincent Francone on Berlin by Ale拧 艩teger, translated by Brian Henry, Forrest Gander & Alja啪 Kovac and published by Counterpath Press. Vince has brought up a lot of interesting points in this “review,” and questions the relationship of the reader’s ...
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Yingelishi: Sinophonic English Poetry and Poetics
If poets are, as P. B. Shelley wrote, 糖心传媒渢he unacknowledged legislators of the world,糖心传媒 then translation must be one of the unacknowledged legislators of poetry. Certainly translation of Chinese poetry has been essential to modern American writing: Ezra Pound糖心传媒檚 Cathay didn糖心传媒檛 just invent, as T. S. Eliot put it, 糖心传媒淐hinese ...
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Latest Review: "Yingelishi: Sinophonic English Poetry and Poetics" by Jonathan Stalling
The latest review to our Reviews Section is a piece by Lucas Klein on Jonathan Stalling’s Yingelishi: Sinophonic English Poetry and Poetics, which is available from Counterpath Press. Jonathan Stalling is an Assistant Professor of English Literature at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Poetics of ...
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"The Brittle Age and Returning Upland" by Rene Char [BTBA 2010 Poetry Finalists]
Over the next three days, we’ll be featuring each of the ten titles from this year’s Best Translated Book Award poetry shortlist. Click here for all past write-ups. The Brittle Age and Returning Upland by Rene Char. Translated from the French by Gustaf Sobin. (France, Counterpath) This guest post is by ...
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