By: W N Herbert,
W.N. Herbert, co-editor of ‘So At One With You’, an anthology of the last fifty year of Somali poetry, reflects on editing the book and his own relationship with the Somali poets he has translated.
By: Clare Pollard,
Clare Pollard talks about her time as the poet-facilitator for the PTC’s translation workshops and enjoying a strange hybrid position at the sessions as half-teacher and half-student.
By: Mui Poopoksakul,
Uten Mahamid is a highly visual writer, and it’s no surprise, given that he is also an artist. He has said that in his poetry, as well as his artwork, he likes to create images that tell stories.
By: Micha Meyers
‘Curiosity and a little chutzpah got me through the door.’ Workshop stalwart Micha Meyers writes about what it’s like to translate with the PTC.
By: Natasha Sutton Williams
Poet Clare Pollard facilitates poetry translation workshops for the PTC. She talked to Natasha Sutton Williams of London Calling about the process and challenges of being a poet-translator.
By: Serafina Vick,
Translator Serafina Vick ponders unexpected turns when a Poetry Translation Workshop get stumped by an innocent comma and surprised by the target of the satirical poem ‘Urban Ranch’.
By: Clare Pollard,
In this fascinating essay, poet Clare Pollard talks about how vital the process of learning about Somali culture - camels, khat and all - helped her translate Caasha’s poetry. And how she turned to early English alliterative verse for inspiration.