Translator Annie McDermott has joined our poetry translation workshops to look at the work of Brazilan poet Carla Diacov. Here she considers the need to keep open different possibilities while translating.
‘Only those who can’t find joy go looking for thought. Look for thought in poetry? Are you sick or something?’ Literary translator and editor Dave Haysom introduces Chinese ‘Lower Body Poetry’
Legna’s poetry is addictive and it was wonderful to be able to do a workshop with the Poetry Translation Centre on two poems from her most recent collection, Miami Century Fox.
Translator Serafina Vick ponders unexpected turns when a Poetry Translation Workshop get stumped by an innocent comma and surprised by the target of the satirical poem ‘Urban Ranch’.