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'Welcome to the May 2018 issue of Transnational Literature. Once again, bringing this issue together has been a wonderful process of discovering links and resonances among the disparate contributions of widely-scattered writers and scholars – I counted 22 countries among the current residences of our contributors, on every continent except Antarctica.' (Gillian Dooley Editorial)
Contents
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On Translating Rimbaud's 'Villes' / Magic Lantern Slides,
single work
prose
Editor's note: Transnational Literature is delighted to be featuring the work of Lisa Gorton, an exceptional poet who has won many auspicious literary awards for her achievements. Lisa lives in Melbourne and writes poetry, fiction and essays. Her two most recent publications, both from Giramondo, are the poetry collection Hotel Hyperion and a novel, The Life of Houses. Her awards include the Victorian Premier’s Prize for Poetry, the NSW People’s Choice Award and Prime Minister’s Prize for fiction, and the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal.
- ‘Rimbaud’s Cities I / Magic Lantern Slides’i"Its true acropolis, beyond the wildest ambitions of latter-day barbarism— Indescribably", Lisa Gorton (translator), single work poetry
- ‘Rimbaud’s Cities II / Magic Lantern Slides’.i"—themselves are cities— For those who live in them, imcomprehensible mountains—an", Lisa Gorton (translator), single work poetry
- Chemin de Feri"Poplars. Church Spires. Cemeteries. A willow bent to a pond.", Ulrike Krenz-Fisher (translator), Claudia Schneider (translator), single work poetry
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The Courage Seasoni"The days. You try to settle them in diaries, but they can’t be",
Mireille Vignol
(translator),
single work
poetry
Note:
Translated into French with title La saison du courage
- She Saysi"a grassed stretch", single work poetry
- A Climate of Mortality Meets Melbourne Winteri"who’ll leave a cedilla to", single work poetry
- Huangshan Sonneti"Dazed with mountain snow and anger I arrived at last.", single work poetry
- Scenes from the Last Night in Guangzhoui"we chose sea snake.", single work poetry
- Chichester and the Bhagavad Gitai"Atlantic crossing by air", single work poetry
- Scrollings through a Mirrori"I spend hours looking online", single work poetry
- To Consider Chelsea Manning at Guangzhou Airport, sequence poetry
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[Review] A Gesture of Reconciliation: Partnership Studies in Australian Literature,
single work
review
— Review of A Gesture of Reconciliation : Partnership Studies in Australian Literature 2017 multi chapter work criticism ;
