Paperback | 624 pages | English | March 2016
McSweeney unexpectedly endured a second inundation of lyricism
At the heart of Repetition Nineteen are twenty-five unreliable translations of a poem in Mónica de la Torre’s first book
the little princesses rattling in the back of a car
Each arrow has its own effect on some body – a very real
Switch: The Complete Catullus Anne Carson Paperback | 624 pages |Catullus (translated by Isobel Williams) During the latter phases of Covid, Isobel Williams completed her celebrated translations of the polyamorous ancient Roman poet Catullus. The poems that proved impossible when she prepared Shibari Carmina, published to acclaim in 2021, finally surrendered to her. 'Translating Catullus has been, for me, like cage fighting with two opponents, not just A Top Poet, but the schoolgirl I was, trained to show the