Category Archives: Poetry

Peak reads of 2021!

Posted on January 5, 2022 by mandywight

So better late than never, here are my top 10 reads of 2021 and it’s no surprise to anyone to see that my faible is for translated fiction: 6 of the 10 are translated fiction, and 5 are published by … Continue reading →

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Porcelain- Poem on the Downfall of my City by Durs Gruenbein, translated by Karen Leeder

Posted on February 4, 2021 by mandywight

February seems like a good time to be thinking again about the bombing of Dresden. On the night of 13-15 February 1945, shortly before the end of World War Two, RAF and US bombers dropped more than 3,900 tons of … Continue reading →

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