Translations of Catalan Poetry

Salvador Espriu Poem XX from Cemetery at Sinera Thorn shrub and holly, hidden snow and thin air of tramuntana. Seaside winter: fragile sun over deserted beaches. tr. Harry Gilonis Joan Salvat-Papasseit The Memory of a Fugue by Bach I plodged … →

Tony Lopez

When You Wish . . . Boxes can seem to be presents but bars get you the weight of just-solid emulsion brand name moulded in negative. She leans back and shuts her eyes in silky excremental colours – say thirty … →

Translation of Pablo Neruda Poem ‘X’

X (From Twenty Love Poems) We lose this night one hand slips from the others in a blue surrender through the pane the distant peaked sunset by chance some light hot money grasped – transitory and clenched came the memory … →

Translations of Amy De’Ath’s Caribou

El cristal alto Eres el cristal más claro, solitario y alto, y eres libre, y estás pálido, más pálido que un montón de chicas jóvenes fregando, condensándose al máximo en una lágrima inmensa, eres el anuncio del cristal del que … →

Some pictures of the launch

Check out the pictures of the launch of Alba Londres #02 taken by Francesca Moore & get your copy of the magazine! To get your copy you will need a PayPal account. Click here to get your copy. Alba Londres … →

Maria-Mercè Marçal: To Translate Is a Vital Choice

TRANSLATION JON MOORE The paradoxical, and often conflictive, regard and disparagement between the translator and the poet may only be understood from a creative superficiality or literary ignorance. The seductive power of a work of art, above all of a … →

Is there a Women’s Literature in Post-modern Spain? The Writers’ Response

MAZAL OAKNIN The “special” and double-edged position of “women’s literature” – it is at once highly marketed and rendered invisible – makes critics uncomfortable and makes authors wonder whether the category itself may lead women writers into a trap Christine … →

Interview with Chilean Artist Johanna Berger, Founder of Blank gallery

LORENZA IPPOLITO Launched in April 2007, Blank is a studio and gallery complex run entirely by artists. Its purpose is to house and support contemporary art in all its forms. The artists based at Blank produce a vibrant and eclectic … →

Launch of Alba Londres 2

We are happy to invite everyone to the launch of Alba Londres 2 Organised by the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre The event will take place on the 16th of December From 7.30pm to 9pm Room 624 in Birkbeck main building … →

Tuning Forks and Forking Paths: Borges’ gifts to Neil Gaiman

SAM SOLNICK What is it about sprawling work Sandman that turned it into one of the most popular comic series of all time and helped propel its creator, Neil Gaiman, from part-time porno-editor to world-conquering fantasy-writer extraordinaire? One strong candidate … →