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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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Opening of my #review of #forwardprizes #firstpoetrycollection #felixdennisprize by #stephensexton #ifalltheworldandlovewereyoung #penguinpoetry #thisshouldwin
#raymondantrobus characteristically both forthright and affectionate - to his parents - in this piece on #williamblake and #bobmarley in #tatebritain magazine #tateetcmagazine
From #oxfamcrouchend Paperback #firstedition of #derekmahon #thehuntbynight #pbschoice for 1982 #oxforduniversitypress when they had a #poetrylist
The multitalented #mariopetrucci has this new version of one of the #upanishads just out from #enterprising #visuallyinventive #guillemotpress
My review @ martyncrucefix.com of #jaybernard #surge shortlisted for #forwardprizes #chattopoetry #newcrossfire #grenfelltowerfire #tedhughesaward #lintonkwesijohnson
My review of #raymondantrobus #theperseverance from #pennedinthemargins shortlisted for #forwardprizes #felixdennisprize https://martyncrucefix.com/2019/08/20/2019-forward-first-collections-reviewed-3-raymond-antrobus-the-perseverance/
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