by Spenser | Sep 22, 2015 | Front page, Reviews
It’s a popular notion in the literary community to say that people don’t read enough literature in translation, especially poetry. It’s one of those opinions that most people nod along with, probably because they don’t read enough translated poetry but ‘have...
by Spenser | Sep 13, 2014 | Reviews
Day jobs are often one of the biggest sources that writers draw from, especially early in their career. This influence is seen in some of the most popular poetry of the 20th century, from T.S. Eliot (banker) to William Carlos Williams (doctor). Sometimes the influence...
by Spenser | May 15, 2014 | Front page, Reviews
As part of the Reel Iraq festival in 2013, four British poets travelled to the Kurdish mountain village of Shaqlawa to meet with four Iraqi poets to share and translate with each other. The aim of the project, organised by the non-profit Reel Festivals, was to shed...