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The Dialect of the Tribe
Series 3 Number 16
The current issue of Modern Poetry in Translation (Third Series, Number 16) is called ‘The Dialect of the Tribe’. ISBN 978-0-9...
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Editorial
From The Dialect of the Tribe
Series 3 Number 16
An introduction to the issue by David Constantine, Helen Constantine
The UN has 193 members – that is, it recognizes 193 states. Some of these member-states recognize other states which are not members, which means that even to the question, ‘How many nation-states are there in the world?’, the answer will vary according to who (and when) you ask. And there is far less agreement as to how many languages Earth speaks. One scholar’s (or interested party’s) language is another’s mere dialect or idiom. The 1911 Encylcopaedia Britannica, put the figure at around 100...
Selected poems
From The Dialect of the Tribe
Series 3 Number 16
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Features and Reviews
From The Dialect of the Tribe
Series 3 Number 16
Christopher North reviews Night Watch – Ronda de Nocheby Ana Becciú
Translated by Cecilia Rossi
Three Argentinian Poets
Also a review of:
Tamara Kamenszain
Men and Women Alone – Solos y solas
Translated by Cecilia Rossi
Waterloo Press
57pp, paperback ISBN 978-190674227-0
Mori Ponsowy
Enemies Outside – Enimigos Afuera
Translated by Mori Ponsowy and Naomi Foyle
Waterloo Press
72pp, paperback, ISBN 978-1-906742-25-6
Recently published in attractive bi-lingual volumes by Waterloo Press within the ‘Sur’ translation support programme, these three poets address universal secular conc...
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Parnassus
Series 3 No. 17
The next issue of Modern Poetry in Translation (Third Series, Number 17, Spring 2012) will be called ‘Parnassus’.
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