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Vol. 61 No. 1

, guest editor

translated by 
Dwayne Thorpe
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Dwayne Thorpe
translated by 
Dwayne Thorpe

Mother Time

Mother Time

Mother Time

Mother Time

Mother Time

from The Meso Cantos

translated by 
Karen Lepri
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Karen Lepri
translated by 
Karen Lepri

Wave

Wave

Wave

Wave

Wave

from The Meso Cantos

translated by 
Karen Lepri
*
Karen Lepri
translated by 
Karen Lepri

Root

Root

Root

Root

Root

translated by 
David Harris Ebenbach
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David Harris Ebenbach
translated by 
David Harris Ebenbach

City of Peace

City of Peace

City of Peace

City of Peace

City of Peace

translated by 
David Harris Ebenbach
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David Harris Ebenbach
translated by 
David Harris Ebenbach

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

translated by 
Joe Wilkins
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Joe Wilkins
translated by 
Joe Wilkins

Hayrake

Hayrake

Hayrake

Hayrake

Hayrake

translated by 
Kerry James Evans
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Kerry James Evans
translated by 
Kerry James Evans

An Empty House

An Empty House

An Empty House

An Empty House

An Empty House

translated by 
Kerry James Evans
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Kerry James Evans
translated by 
Kerry James Evans

Packed in Ice

Packed in Ice

Packed in Ice

Packed in Ice

Packed in Ice

translated by 
Martin Cockroft
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Martin Cockroft
translated by 
Martin Cockroft

Agreeing with Larry Levis

Agreeing with Larry Levis

Agreeing with Larry Levis

Agreeing with Larry Levis

Agreeing with Larry Levis

translated by 
Simeon Berry
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Simeon Berry
translated by 
Simeon Berry

The Doppelganger as Guidance Counselor

The Doppelganger as Guidance Counselor

The Doppelganger as Guidance Counselor

The Doppelganger as Guidance Counselor

The Doppelganger as Guidance Counselor

translated by 
Timothy J. Fitzmaurice
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Timothy J. Fitzmaurice
translated by 
Timothy J. Fitzmaurice

Honey and Darlin

Honey and Darlin

Honey and Darlin

Honey and Darlin

Honey and Darlin

translated by 
Kirun Kapur
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Kirun Kapur
translated by 
Kirun Kapur

Melon Cleaver

Melon Cleaver

Melon Cleaver

Melon Cleaver

Melon Cleaver

translated by 
Kirun Kapur
*
Kirun Kapur
translated by 
Kirun Kapur

Light

Light

Light

Light

Light

translated by 
Christopher Howell
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Christopher Howell
translated by 
Christopher Howell

The Circular Saw Children Express Their Joy

The Circular Saw Children Express Their Joy

The Circular Saw Children Express Their Joy

The Circular Saw Children Express Their Joy

The Circular Saw Children Express Their Joy

translated by 
Christopher Howell
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Christopher Howell
translated by 
Christopher Howell

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch

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Nicholas James Whittington

For Independents Day

For Independents Day

For Independents Day

For Independents Day

For Independents Day

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Nicholas James Whittington

Venn/Grünbaum

Venn/Grünbaum

Venn/Grünbaum

Venn/Grünbaum

Venn/Grünbaum

translated by 
Amy Schutzer
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Amy Schutzer
translated by 
Amy Schutzer

When I Sleep, It Still

When I Sleep, It Still

When I Sleep, It Still

When I Sleep, It Still

When I Sleep, It Still

from Alphabets of Desire & Sorrow

translated by 
Norman Lock
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Norman Lock
translated by 
Norman Lock

Alphabet of Chrysanthemums

Alphabet of Chrysanthemums

Alphabet of Chrysanthemums

Alphabet of Chrysanthemums

Alphabet of Chrysanthemums

translated by 
Garth Greenwell
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Garth Greenwell
translated by 
Garth Greenwell

Consideration

Consideration

Consideration

Consideration

Consideration

translated by 
Garth Greenwell
*
Garth Greenwell
translated by 
Garth Greenwell

Festival

Festival

Festival

Festival

Festival

translated by 
Garth Greenwell
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Garth Greenwell
translated by 
Garth Greenwell

On Watching a YouTube Video of Antony Hegarty Singing "River of Sorrow" with the London Philharmonic at the Barbican, London, 30 October 2008

On Watching a YouTube Video of Antony Hegarty Singing "River of Sorrow" with the London Philharmonic at the Barbican, London, 30 October 2008

On Watching a YouTube Video of Antony Hegarty Singing "River of Sorrow" with the London Philharmonic at the Barbican, London, 30 October 2008

On Watching a YouTube Video of Antony Hegarty Singing "River of Sorrow" with the London Philharmonic at the Barbican, London, 30 October 2008

On Watching a YouTube Video of Antony Hegarty Singing "River of Sorrow" with the London Philharmonic at the Barbican, London, 30 October 2008

translated by 
Mary Jo Thompson
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Mary Jo Thompson
translated by 
Mary Jo Thompson

Thirteen Months

Thirteen Months

Thirteen Months

Thirteen Months

Thirteen Months

translated by 
John Rosenwald
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John Rosenwald
translated by 
John Rosenwald

BOOKS IN BRIEF: Stuttering into Song

BOOKS IN BRIEF: Stuttering into Song

BOOKS IN BRIEF: Stuttering into Song

BOOKS IN BRIEF: Stuttering into Song

BOOKS IN BRIEF: Stuttering into Song

by 
John Rosenwald

Bei Dao, The Rose of Time: New and Selected Poems, ed. Eliot Weinberger

Friedrich Hölderlin, Selected Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin, trans. Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover

Hayden Carruth, Toward the Distant Islands: New and Selected Poems, ed. Sam Hamill

Karen an-hwei Lee, Ardor

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Vol. 61 No. 1

, guest editor

translated by 
Dwayne Thorpe
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Dwayne Thorpe

Mother Time

Mother Time

Mother Time

by 
Dwayne Thorpe
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Karen Lepri
*
Karen Lepri

from The Meso Cantos

Wave

Wave

Wave

by 
Karen Lepri
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Karen Lepri
*
Karen Lepri

from The Meso Cantos

Root

Root

Root

by 
Karen Lepri
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
David Harris Ebenbach
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David Harris Ebenbach

City of Peace

City of Peace

City of Peace

by 
David Harris Ebenbach
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
David Harris Ebenbach
*
David Harris Ebenbach

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

by 
David Harris Ebenbach
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Joe Wilkins
*
Joe Wilkins

Hayrake

Hayrake

Hayrake

by 
Joe Wilkins
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Kerry James Evans
*
Kerry James Evans

An Empty House

An Empty House

An Empty House

by 
Kerry James Evans
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Kerry James Evans
*
Kerry James Evans

Packed in Ice

Packed in Ice

Packed in Ice

by 
Kerry James Evans
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Martin Cockroft
*
Martin Cockroft

Agreeing with Larry Levis

Agreeing with Larry Levis

Agreeing with Larry Levis

by 
Martin Cockroft
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Simeon Berry
*
Simeon Berry

The Doppelganger as Guidance Counselor

The Doppelganger as Guidance Counselor

The Doppelganger as Guidance Counselor

by 
Simeon Berry
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Timothy J. Fitzmaurice
*
Timothy J. Fitzmaurice

Honey and Darlin

Honey and Darlin

Honey and Darlin

by 
Timothy J. Fitzmaurice
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Kirun Kapur
*
Kirun Kapur

Melon Cleaver

Melon Cleaver

Melon Cleaver

by 
Kirun Kapur
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Kirun Kapur
*
Kirun Kapur

Light

Light

Light

by 
Kirun Kapur
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Christopher Howell
*
Christopher Howell

The Circular Saw Children Express Their Joy

The Circular Saw Children Express Their Joy

The Circular Saw Children Express Their Joy

by 
Christopher Howell
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Christopher Howell
*
Christopher Howell

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch

by 
Christopher Howell
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
*
Nicholas James Whittington

For Independents Day

For Independents Day

For Independents Day

by 
Nicholas James Whittington
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
*
Nicholas James Whittington

Venn/Grünbaum

Venn/Grünbaum

Venn/Grünbaum

by 
Nicholas James Whittington
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Amy Schutzer
*
Amy Schutzer

When I Sleep, It Still

When I Sleep, It Still

When I Sleep, It Still

by 
Amy Schutzer
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Norman Lock
*
Norman Lock

from Alphabets of Desire & Sorrow

Alphabet of Chrysanthemums

Alphabet of Chrysanthemums

Alphabet of Chrysanthemums

by 
Norman Lock
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Garth Greenwell
*
Garth Greenwell

Consideration

Consideration

Consideration

by 
Garth Greenwell
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Garth Greenwell
*
Garth Greenwell

Festival

Festival

Festival

by 
Garth Greenwell
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Garth Greenwell
*
Garth Greenwell

On Watching a YouTube Video of Antony Hegarty Singing "River of Sorrow" with the London Philharmonic at the Barbican, London, 30 October 2008

On Watching a YouTube Video of Antony Hegarty Singing "River of Sorrow" with the London Philharmonic at the Barbican, London, 30 October 2008

On Watching a YouTube Video of Antony Hegarty Singing "River of Sorrow" with the London Philharmonic at the Barbican, London, 30 October 2008

by 
Garth Greenwell
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
Mary Jo Thompson
*
Mary Jo Thompson

Thirteen Months

Thirteen Months

Thirteen Months

by 
Mary Jo Thompson
,
 
 and 
,
 
 and 
, and 
translated by 
John Rosenwald
*
John Rosenwald

BOOKS IN BRIEF: Stuttering into Song

BOOKS IN BRIEF: Stuttering into Song

BOOKS IN BRIEF: Stuttering into Song

by 
John Rosenwald
,
 
 and 
Dawn Potter

Bei Dao, The Rose of Time: New and Selected Poems, ed. Eliot Weinberger

Friedrich Hölderlin, Selected Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin, trans. Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover

Hayden Carruth, Toward the Distant Islands: New and Selected Poems, ed. Sam Hamill

Karen an-hwei Lee, Ardor

FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
COMING SOON

FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
COMING SOON

Vol. 61 No. 1

, guest editor

Including contributions from:

Simeon Berry
Simeon Berry
Hayden Carruth
Hayden Carruth
Maxine Chernoff
Maxine Chernoff
Martin Cockroft
Martin Cockroft
David Ebenbach
David Ebenbach
Kerry James Evans
Kerry James Evans
Timothy J. Fitzmaurice
Timothy J. Fitzmaurice
Garth Greenwell
Garth Greenwell
Sam Hammill
Sam Hammill
Leonore Hildebrandt
Leonore Hildebrandt
Friedrich Hölderlin
Friedrich Hölderlin
Paul Hoover
Paul Hoover
Christopher Howell
Christopher Howell
Kirun Kapur
Kirun Kapur
Karen an-hwei Lee
Karen an-hwei Lee
Karen Lepri
Karen Lepri
Norman Lock
Norman Lock
Dawn Potter
Dawn Potter
John Rosenwald
John Rosenwald
Amy Schutzer
Amy Schutzer
Lee Sharkey
Lee Sharkey
Mary Jo Thompson
Mary Jo Thompson
Dwayne Thorpe
Dwayne Thorpe
Eliot Weinberger
Eliot Weinberger
Nicholas James Whittington
Nicholas James Whittington
Joe Wilkins
Joe Wilkins
Jan Owen
Jan Owen
Mary Greene
Mary Greene
Bei Dao
Bei Dao

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