I was born some time in 1972, in a country I’ve never seen and to parents I’ve never known. When I was a few months old, I was left in the care of a stranger who will always remain a shadowy figure of inexplicable love in my imagination. At some point, this stranger handed me…
Tess Gallagher recommends Poems of Repossession: Leabhar na hAthghabhála edited by Louis De Paor, Irish-English Bilingual Edition (Bloodaxe Books, 2016). “This book of Irish poems in translation carries some very strong poems, [including] one by Seán Ó Ríordáin called ‘Switch,’ which is the central mandate for empathy—a poet’s main tool. Also, one may read what…
John Vater received his MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa. He was a resident at the Banff International Literary Translation Centre (BILTC) as the US’s Emerging Translator in 2018. His work has appeared in Words Without Borders, Asia Literary Review, 91st Meridian, and elsewhere. He is cotranslating a collection of short stories…
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