by Matthew | Mar 9, 2018 | Front page, Untranslatable
Translator and publisher Lawrence Schimel sent us his favourite word for this third instalment of Untranslatable. The word Escampar (noun) is from Spanish and describes that moment when it stops raining and the skies clear up. The illustration is by Ukraine based...
by Matthew | Feb 1, 2018 | Front page, Interviews
Our associate Matthew Landrum editor caught up with Eva Milner, the lead singer of the German band Hundreds, in the middle of their summer tour. They talked singing in second languages, Bob Dylan, and nuclear apocalypse. Matthew: What is the relationship between...
by Matthew | May 3, 2017 | Events, Front page
On Sunday, April 9, Signal-Return hosted Power of the Press Fest at Detroit’s Eastern Market. The festival tied together print-makers, text and visual artists, bookbinders (including Structo alum Christine Darragh), literary journals, and small presses. It was a fun...
by Matthew | Apr 25, 2017 | Front page, Reviews
Water for Days of Thirst Blanca Castellón Threnody for Joaquín Pasos Carlos Martínez Rivas In translation, I seek another country, another world. I long to not only read translation to be translated, which in Latin means carried across. A great translation does this,...
by Matthew | Jul 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
I am thrilled to announce that Structo‘s first poetry chapbook is now available. Christina Seymour’s collection Flowers Around Your Soft Throat is built around her winning entry for the 2015 Structo psalms contest, ‘A Song of Loves’, and...