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Poet in Residence

A collaboration and a translation

From my month in the International Writers’ and Translators’ House in Ventspils has come a wonderful opportunity to collaborate with renowned Italian translator Silvia Pareschi. Silvia was asked by online magazine Doppiozero to write a piece called ‘Cartolina dalla Lettonia’ – Postcards from Latvia. Silvia asked me to provide some photographs and the short poems I wrote to go with them. The link to Cartolina … Continue reading A collaboration and a translation

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A month to write in Latvia

I’m writing on my last afternoon, certain that after I get home tomorrow, the waters of chaos will close over my head and I’ll never quite get back to this moment. What a brilliant time I’ve had here in the International Writers’ and Translators’ House. It’s been so friendly, and I’ve found Latvia and Ventspils continually fascinating. And I’ve written around 40 poems. They mainly … Continue reading A month to write in Latvia

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