Monthly Archives: April 2011

Siglo nómade adelante – Pierre Joris

El texto «Siglo nómade adelante» (Nomad Century Ahead) fue escrito por el poeta, traductor y ensayista Pierre Joris y fue incluido en su libro A Nomad Poetics (Wesleyan, 2002). Una versión primogénita se publicó en la revista Boundary 2 (1999), editada por Charles Bernstein. La presente traducción … Continue reading

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LONGEVITY: THE DEATH OF STYLE

David Friedman, owner of Barner Books (New Paltz, NY) has asked me to contribute some articles to his bookstore’s blog. The idea of this micro series is to evaluate contemporary works of art  & happenings here in the Hudson Valley as … Continue reading

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The Tired Stone – César Vallejo (Act 1, Scene 1)

Today, April 15th, marks the 73rd anniversary of César Vallejo’s death. While the early days in Trujillo & Lima resulted in some of his best and most well-known works, the final months of his life stand out as one of … Continue reading

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Tree of Diana – Alejandra Pizarnik, Intro. Octavio Paz

Mil gracias to Jared Demick of The Jivin’ Ladybug for publishing the complete Tree of Diana by Alejandra Pizarnik, which I translated with Patricia Rossi last year. This collection, the first significant poetic achievement of that Argentine would-be surrealist prone … Continue reading

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Silence Studded with Words – Joseph Mulligan

Last week I had the pleasure of posting “Retórica” by Spanish poet & critic, Roberto García de Mesa. Since then, those short prose poems have refused to leave me alone, prodding me at every chance to consider their tantalizing argument. … Continue reading

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Retórica – Roberto García de Mesa

Hoy tengo el agrado de presentar el poema «Retórica», escrito por el poeta español Roberto García de Mesa, cuya generosidad aprecio sinceramente. Les invito a visitar el blog del poeta, Los espacios intermedios, para conocer su amplia y diversa obra literaria, en la … Continue reading

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