Philippe Jaccottet’s Patches of Sunlight, or of Shadow: Safeguarded Notes 1952-2005, in John Taylor’s translation, has been published by Seagull Books. Distributed by the University of Chicago Press. Philippe Jaccottet’s newest work follows in some ways the approach of Seedtime, his recent two-volume collection of notebooks. Similarly comprising on-the-spot jottings, philosophical reflections, literary commentary, dream narratives […]
Read MoreThree stories by John Taylor, taken from his book The Presence of Things Past (Red Hen Press), have been published on the website Il Giornalaccio in an Italian translation by Marco Morello: L’OSPITE D’ONORE 2021 DE “IL GIORNALACCIO” E’ JOHN TAYLOR Amici d’infanzia (Traduzione di Marco Morello) Il mio primo morto fu Bud, il padre […]
Read MoreJohn Taylor remembers Pierre Chappuis in The Fortnightly Review: WE HAD BEEN in touch for a month when we shook hands on 10 March 2012. I had translated six of his poems for the anthology Modern and Contemporary Swiss Poetry (Dalkey Archive) and we had corresponded about my versions. In the process, I had become acquainted with Pierre’s […]
Read MoreTwo stories by Franca Mancinelli, « Sap » and « The Form of a Gift », have been published on the website Eurolitkrant. Sap Leaning against the attic wall, wrapped in nylon, the little fir tree looked like the big silkworm of a sleeping insect. Freed from the wrapping, it remained there with its branches taut and closed. We […]
Read MoreIn an in-depth article, Robert Minto reviews the American translation, by John Taylor, of Philippe Jaccottet’s Patches of Sunlight, Or of Shadow (Seagull Books), on the website On the Seawall: Early in 1973, the Swiss poet Philippe Jaccottet decided to write about the new novel La Dépossession by Jacques Borel. He was “indignant,” he noted in his […]
Read MoreJohn Taylor’s story « Homecoming », translated into Italian by Marco Morello, is published as « Ritorno a casa » in Il Giornalaccio. The story is from Taylor’s American book The Presence of Things Past (Red Hen Press).
Read MoreFranca Mancinelli’s story « The Little Girl Who Learned How to Fly », in John Taylor’s translation, has appeared in the review One Hand Clapping.
Read MoreBlack Square Editions has published John Taylor’s translation of Philippe Jaccottet’s « Ponge, Pastures, Prairies ». Here is the link to the book.
Read MoreAlfredo de Palchi’s Terminal Events (translation John Taylor) has just been published by Xenos Books.
Read MorePoems by Franca Mancinelli, in John Taylor’s translation, in the new issue of Right Hand Pointing. They are from her book Tutti gli occhi che ho aperto (Marcos y Marcos, 2020).
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