– Remembering Fernando Garavito – “If the verse could imprison grey ghosts when you pass” . José Asunción Silva “Would you like a Whisky” Maria asks me with her usual speed, throwing her feet outwards and slipping into her office while making me this proposal, unusual for her at any […]
Book reviews
Hopemas 2010
In May 2010, British National Party leader Nick Griffin was heavily defeated in his attempt to become the first British National Party MP. In order to celebrate this and honour BNP opposition—specifically the group ‘Hope for Hate’—an event called ‘Hopemas’ will be held on Friday, 17 December 2010. The British […]
Antonio Díez Fernández: ‘The translator has to be like a ghost’
The lecturer of Spanish language and literature, translator and writer tells us how the discovery of some old international brigaders’ letters introduced him to the world of translation. Vanessa Guzmán Up to now the ideal of the invisible translator has been very much in evidence in his subsequent projects […]
Jawdance: A night of spoken word
The leading organization for performance poetry in the UK, Apples and Snakes, is bringing a diverse collection of spoken-word poets to the Rich Mix stage in London. Poets scheduled to perform include Isis, a physical performance poet who often joins movement and dance with her words, along with Greeds, Jack […]
Blair Backs Out
With the release of ‘A Journey,’ the book of memoirs by former Prime Minister Tony Blair, anti-war protestors have been in full force. Though the autobiographical work sold approximately 92,000 copies in the first four days, Blair has cancelled both his publication party at Tate Modern Gallery and his book […]