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Dresses Redressed

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

Delighted to share a poem from Destroyed Dresses, the forthcoming pamphlet by Cara Brennan, published by Valley Press. See here for lots more details. Cara has just completed her MA with us at Newcastle University, and indeed was ‘taught’ by … Continue reading →

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Flesh Vest Rendition

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

I was down in Middlesbrough to give a reading and happened to be wandering past the studio where CHris Stewart was setting up his Psychopomposity exhibition, and so he invited me to read something from his zine, elegantly entituled Faeces … Continue reading →

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From the Druskininkai Poetry Festival: Daiva Čepauskaitė

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

(This translation of Daiva Čepauskaitė was done at breakneck speed in a bar at the Druskininkai Festival by the poet, myself and her translator Ada Valaitis. It had to be – I was there for little more than a day, … Continue reading →

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HOLTON’S 10 COMMANDMENTS

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

(This simple set of injunctions by Brian Holton, principle translator of the Chinese Anthology I’m working on, seems to be applicable by extension beyond the field of Chinese translation, and, metaphorically, beyond the area of translation. I’m sure many writers … Continue reading →

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