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Ben Mirov’s GHOST MACHINE [by Amy Lawless]
GHOST MACHINE by BEN MIROV Here is a recommendation/email correspondence/review of Ben Mirov’s GHOST MACHINE. It is available from Caketrain! I emailed Ben because I was really excited about his book. He…
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Loaves, Light, Chalice: Pablo Neruda’s Alturas de Macchu Picchu by Brian Henry
“The translator invades, extracts, and brings home.” —George Steiner, After Babel “Nothing takes us faster to the heart of matters linguistic and metaphysical than translation.” —Nikolai Popov, “The Literal and the Literary” Translators of…
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Adventures in Reading in Translation: Srečko Kosovel by Brian Henry
Yesterday I wrote about how chance can influence how we respond to a poet’s work—specifically, how the first book we read by a poet in translation can become our favorite even though there are…
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We watched, did you?
Here's Ken Tucker's take on last nights season premier of Mad Man. No poetry this time. Let Ken know what you think, OK? — sdh
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Adventures in Reading in Translation: Edvard Kocbek by Brian Henry
I wonder if this is true for others: the first book I read by a non-English-language poet often remains my favorite, even if the book is not his or her most popular, most acclaimed,…
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Srečko Kosovel and music by Brian Henry
For Monday and Tuesday, I'll be writing about the Slovenian poets Edvard Kocbek and Srečko Kosovel. But for today, here's the video for the instrumental song “Srečko Kosovel” by the Štefan Kovač Marko band:…
