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THE FINAL JUDGMENT – César Vallejo
It’s rare that we think of César Vallejo as anything other than a poet – granted, “poet” is usually accompanied by some qualifier, like unprecedented or idiosyncratic – but it must not be overlooked that, if one sifts through the … Continue reading
Reevaluating the Poetry of Pablo Neruda
The poetry of Pablo Neruda is no secret to English language readers. His has been more extensively translated than that of any other South American poet. And while this is usually to the poet’s favor, certain popular collections (for example, … Continue reading
APOLONIA – Mario Domínguez Parra
Apolonia (Idea, 2006) is a book of poems by Mario Domínguez Parra, poet & translator from the Canary Islands, Spain. Other poems from this collection have been translated by Maureen Alsop and published in the 2010 Autumn Issue of Poetry Salzburg Review. Born in Alicante, in … Continue reading
THE OTHER IMPERIALISM – César Vallejo
The Other Imperialism is the first chapter of Toward the Kingdom of the Scriris, one of César Vallejo’s not often celebrated novellas. First drafted on board the steamship Oroyo sailing from Peru to France in 1923, the novella would be finished in 1928, and then … Continue reading
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Tagged César Vallejo, Latin America, Latin American, Peruvian, Poetry, translation, Trilce
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THREE PIECES OF THE UNIVERSE
Late in his life, poet & visual artist Jorge Eduardo Eielson published an extraordinary book of poems that bears the paradoxical title: Untitled (2000). Extraordinary, because it was produced after a fifteen year abstention from the literary arts, during which all … Continue reading
DOUBLEWIDE WALL – César Vallejo
Shortly before leaving Peru for Europe in 1923, César Vallejo published Scales, a book of prose poems & short stories that forms part of his experimental works & can be read as a prose correlate to his unprecedented verse in … Continue reading
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Tagged Avant-garde, César Vallejo, Escalas, Escalas melografiadas, Latin America, Latin American, Peruvian, poesía, Poetry, Scales, translation, Trilce
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THE HEMATITE HILLS – Joseph Mulligan
This suite is one of the newer additions to a collection of poems I’ve been working on for the last year & a half; a manuscript still looking for a title, but that is finding its pace & form, perhaps … Continue reading
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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Tagged Avant-garde, César Vallejo, La piedra cansada, Latin America, Latin American, Peruvian, poesía, Poetry, The Tired Stone, translation
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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
