John Taylor offers a favorable appreciation of the recent retranslation, by Marc Vincenz, of Klaus Merzโs oneiric novella ยซJakob schlรคftยป, previously translated by Tess Lewis.
Rereading Klaus Merz
Wonders in Aliceland
Pierre Senges leaps down the rabbit-hole in this review of Philippe Jaworskiโs new French translations of Lewis Carroll for Gallimardโs prestigious Bibliothรจque de la Plรฉiade.
Techno-Poetry
Victor Breidenbach gets to grips with Austrian poet Liesl Ujvaryโs collection Good & Safe in a stimulating and acclaimed translation by Ann Cotten and Anna-Isabella Dinwoodie.
The Demistification of Elegy
Samuel Martin investigates the unmysterious case of Emmanuel Hocquardโs ยซElegiesยป, a touchstone of late 20th-century French poetry now translated into English by Cole Swensen.
Re: Purpose in(g) Palestinian Poetry
Samuel Martin welcomes the reissue of a landmark anthology of Palestinian poetry, first published in 1970 and updated in 2025 to include new voices in the resistance struggle.
Post-War, Lesbian, Heretic
Denis Ferhatoviฤ reviews Selma Asotiฤโs searching, scorching debut collection of poems ยซSay Fireยป, self-translated and adapted from Bosnian and published by Archipelago Books.
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