The Italian writer Giacomo Cerrai reviews John Taylor’s Oblò (Portholes, Pietre Vive editore, translated by Marco Morello, paintings by Caroline François-Rubino, postface by Franca Mancinelli) on his blog Imperfetta Ellissa. Apro con un certo ritardo (ma faute) il libriccino che John Taylor mi ha inviato alla fine dello scorso anno. Libriccino solo nelle dimensioni, come si […]
Read MoreJohn Taylor translates Franca Mancinelli‘s poetic prose text « The Love of Fire » for One Hand Clapping. Here is the link. Two books by Franca Mancinelli are available in English:
Read MoreJohn Taylor’s 1992 translation of Elias Papadimitrakopoulos’s Toothpaste with Chlorophyll / Maritime Hot Baths has been republished by Coyote Arts, with illustrations by Alekos Fassianos.
Read MoreJohn Taylor reads on You Tube the entire sequence « Portholes« , as it was published in Hublots / Portholes (Éditions L’Oeil ébloui) as well as in Grassy Stairways (The MadHat Press), Oblò (Pietre Vive Editore), and OKHA (Writers Association of the Serbian Republic).
Read MoreJohn Taylor reads from Franca Mancinelli‘s poetic sequence « Out of Focus, Out of the Fire » (from At an Hour’s Sleep from Here, Bitter Oleander Press).
Read MoreExcerpts from John Taylor’s Oblò (Pietre Vive Editore) and Franca Mancinelli’s interview with Taylor have been published in the anthology Argo: L’Europa dei poeti. To listen to the excerpts, read in English, click here.
Read MoreThe Italian association « LYRIKS » has published Città fantastica, a representative selection of Lorenzo Calogero’s poetry in a special limited edition. The book, edited by Nino Cannatà, was published in commemoration of Calogero’s 110th birthday. With a text by John Taylor.
Read MoreExcerpts from John Taylor’s « A Notebook of Ridges, » the second half of his book co-authored with Pierre Chappuis—A Notebook of Clouds & A Notebook of Ridges (The Fortnightly Review)—have appeared in Trafika Europe (No. 18, « All Poetry » issue, 2020).
Read MoreTwo poems by Franca Mancinelli, in John Taylor’s translation, have appeared in the first issue of Azonal.
Read MoreFive poems by Franca Mancinelli, in John Taylor’s translation, have appeared in The Bengalaru Review: with the power of nothing of never having had anything to barter, gestures re-create a language fastening armor to my body. *** it has happened, stay: in the dark hollow like a uterus, dwell there is a point when life […]
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