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Susette speaks

  For the context of this poem by Friedrich Hölderlin, see here © Patrick Miles, 2024 ADVERTISEMENT SOME RESPONSES TO GEORGE CALDERON: EDWARDIAN GENIUS  ‘This meticulous yet nimble book is bound to remain the definitive account of Calderon’s life’ Charlotte Jones, … Continue reading

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From the diary of a writer-publisher: 27

16 January 2024 I translated a few poems as a teenager and student (Rilke, Brecht, Hölderlin, Pushkin, Tiutchev, Mayakovsky, Yevtushenko, Brodsky), but bothered to see only a couple published. The fact was, I didn’t take verse translation very seriously. I … Continue reading

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Cambridge Tales 7: ‘The Folding Party’

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Grow old they shall not

It is the time of year again when I tussle with the question of how George’s friend Laurence Binyon’s half-line ‘They shall grow not old’ should be spoken (or mutely read), what it means depending on how you speak it, … Continue reading

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