Helene Cardona's Blog - Posts Tagged "circe"

Birnam Wood is a spell-binding, spell-bound book. José Manuel Cardona was one of many Spanish intellectuals exiled by the Franco government, and the poems reflect the anguish and longings of the exile, embodied most powerfully in the figure of Odysseus.
— Sidney Wade, The Los Angeles Review
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José Manuel Cardona’s Orphic Aubade: Review by Jordi Alonso:
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"Cardona’s collection harnesses the power of nostalgia in the Greek sense, a longing for home, to shine through the sadness of some of its poems to remind readers that “in the sunrises / memory comes back to” us, and we are richer for it. Hélène Cardona’s translation of her father’s poetic anthology imbues the same reverence to the Old Masters of world literature, among them Homer, Góngora, and Shakespeare—from the last of whom the collection takes its title—into the fabric of its English lines as the originals show." —Jordi Alonso, World Literature Today
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Rachael Daum's transcendent review of BIRNAM WOOD by José Manuel Cardona (Salmon Poetry) on Bookaccino:
https://bookaccino817043219.wordpress...
"In a world that needs more witches, this collection is a joy to read: the author gives the power to the reader to create the witch, our Circe, and carry her name and spells with us."
To read the full review:
https://bookaccino817043219.wordpress...