I Wish: MPT No. 2 2015

by Sasha Dugdale

MPT’s summer 2015 issue ‘I WISH’ features a focus on world poetry for new translations of poems from Russia, Taiwan, Mexico and Eritrea and more, and some classic poems from Poland by Julian Tuwim.The focus also includes a discussion between former children’s laureate Michael Rosen and Russian bestselling poet Marina Boroditskaya about children’s poetry and the how it is influenced by the state.Also in this Four Burmese women poets in translations by UK-based poets including Kim Moore and Olivia McCannon.

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About the author

Sasha Dugdale is a poet and translator. She has published five collections of poetry with Carcanet (UK), the most recent, Deformations, is shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. She is a translator of Russian drama and poetry, including work by Elena Shvarts, Maria Stepanova and Marina Tsvetaeva, and former editor of the international magazine Modern Poetry in Translation.

Reviews

[Ben Rowe · Rating 5 out of 5]

The section on Burmese female poets is really strong and really all the selections and translations are superb in this volume.

The topic for the later half of the collection "childrens poetry" isnt one I was drawn to but works well.