Communicating Vessels

by Beatriz Hausner for National Poetry Month, April 2020 At its most essential, translation is the transfer of textual or verbal objects from one language to another. Literary translation can…

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Poetry and the World

by Mary Lee Bragg for National Poetry Month, April 2020 Anyone who has travelled to Portugal or spent time with Portugese people has heard fado – the guitar, the long…

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The Languages of Poetry

by Hugh Hazelton   The Voice of the Other Growing up, I was always fascinated by history and geography, and as far as I can remember was perpetually in search…

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Translating Poetry

by Erín Moure for National Poetry Month, April 2020 Toronto-native poet Norma Cole got me translating poetry. I wouldn’t have had the confidence on my own! I’d been improving my…

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A World of Poetry

by Bill Arnott for National Poetry Month, April 2020 A world of poetry. This, I understand. Being witness to stomped-verse haka in Waitangi, the lyrical thrum of Outback didgeridoo, breathy…

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