| Nothing Is Lost: Selected Poems 1990-2010 Contributor(s): Doce, Jordi (Author), Schimel, Lawrence (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1848615302 ISBN-13: 9781848615304 Publisher: Shearsman Books OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: 861.7 |
| LCCN: 2018379818 |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6" W x 9" (0.40 lbs) 118 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "This volume brings together poems from six collections originally published between 1990 and 2011. I have divided the selection into five sections that correspond, broadly, to the separate stages in which they were written. The final and briefest one includes five fragments from Perros en la playa Dogs on the Beach], a miscellany of prose, poetry and aphorisms that I published in early 2011. In my opinion, a Selected should not solely contain poems that have been often anthologised or singled out for praise by critics and readers. It should give a more or less accurate view of the variety and development of one's output over the years. Therefore, I have not shied away from including some youthful pieces or the odd experiment--not to mention poems for which one feels an immoderate fondness, which no amount of critical scrutiny can ever hope to dispel." --Jordi Doce "I celebrate this selection of poems in English translation by the remarkably gifted and productive poet, Jordi Doce. His meditative lyrics are contemporary exemplars of a profound strand in the braided poetic traditions of Spain--I think of Unamuno, Antonio Machado, Luis Cernuda. But they are more than that. In part, it may also be his wide reading in English poetry and the excellence of his own translations of English poets that seem to have opened his way for him. ...] It's a book of philosophical solitude, yet at the same time it's a celebration of friends and companions. Lawrence Schimel's translations, too, are fluent." --Reginald Gibbons |
Contributor Bio(s): Doce, Jordi: - Jordi Doce (1967) is the author of five volumes of poetry and three books of essays. His most recent book, No estábamos allí, was picked as the Best Poetry Book of 2016 by the literary weekly El Cultural. He has translated the work of W.H. Auden, Anne Carson, T.S. Eliot, Charles Simic, and Charles Tomlinson, among others. He worked as Language Assistant at the University of Oxford (1997-2000). Currently he lives in Madrid, where he works as freelance editor and translator.Schimel, Lawrence: - Lawrence Schimel (New York, 1971) writes in both Spanish and English and has published over one hundred books as author or anthologist, in a wide range of genres. He lives in Madrid and New York City, and works as a literary translator. Other poetry collections he has translated include: Light's Volition/Voluntad de la luz by Luis Armenta Malpica (BookThug/Mantis), Eyes Already Ruined by Luis Aguilar (Libros Medio Siglo), The Book of Sad Professions by Miguel Maldonado (Destrazas Ediciones), and the forthcoming Topographies by Elsa Cross with paintings by Teresa Rubio (Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, 2017). He is also the publisher of A Midsummer Night's Press. |