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On Translation

Martyn’s review of of Rose Auslander (Arc) and Volker Braun (Seagull Books) appears in Poetry London (Summer, 2015).

Among the Ranks of the Angels – Rainer Maria Rilke: BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature programme: here

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