Another Body

by Stephen Tapscott

Hardcover

First published November 1, 1989

About the author

Stephen Tapscott is a poet and academic whose work spans poetry, creative writing, and translation. His academic interests focus on North American literature, particularly the works of Walt Whitman and the Anglo-American Modernists, as well as Latin American poetry and world poetries in Russian, German, and Polish. Tapscott is also involved in the study of autobiography, gender studies, queer studies, and the intersection of poetry with visual arts, including photography.
Tapscott has authored five books of poetry and a critical study on the works of Walt Whitman and William Carlos Williams. In addition to his poetry, he has edited an anthology of Latin American poetry and translated significant works from several languages. His translations include Pablo Neruda's One Hundred Love Sonnets, Jan Twardowski's God Asks for Love, Wisława Szymborska's The End and the Beginning, Gabriela Mistral's Selected Prose and Prose Poems, and works by Attila Boa and Georg Trakl. His contributions to literature are characterized by his cross-cultural approach and deep engagement with diverse poetic traditions.