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Sunday, June 14, 2026

Frieda Hughes / ‘A crow’s death linked me to all the other losses in my life’

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Frieda Hughes  This article is more than  3 years old Interview Frieda Hughes: ‘A crow’s death linked me to all the other losses in my life’...
Friday, June 12, 2026

Pablo Neruda / What Spain was like

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What Spain was like by Pablo Neruda Translated by Jodey Bateman Pablo Neruda / Cómo era España Spain was a taut, dry drum...
Sunday, June 7, 2026

Pablo Neruda / The Eighth of September

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The Eighth of September By Pablo Neruda This day, Today, was a brimming glass. This day, Today, was an immense wave. This day w...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

Elisa Gonzalez / Pay Ourselves What to Ourselves Is Debt

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  Illustration by Thota Vaikuntam Pay Ourselves What to Ourselves Is Debt By Elisa Gonzalez All year, the boy’s ankles are naked.  His mothe...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Elisa González / Failed Essay on Loving a Man Who Loves Money

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  Failed Essay on Loving a Man Who Loves Money, Or: Autobiography as Class Traitor, Or: Capitalism (A Love Story?) Elisa Gonzalez 1. On that...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

The Impact of Translation by Seamus Heaney

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   Seamus Heaney The Impact of Translation Seamus Heaney May 7, 2026 In this essay I shall argue that the impact of translation upon poets a...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

Searching for Seamus Heaney

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Seamus Heaney Searching for Seamus Heaney What I found when I resolved to read him Elisa Gonzalez December 15, 2025 “BETWEEN MY FINGER   and...
Friday, May 8, 2026

Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen

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Michael Rosen Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen I love chocolate cake. And when I was a boy I loved it even more. Sometimes we used to have it...
Thursday, May 7, 2026

The Child Who Was Wild by Michael Rosen

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  The Child Who Was Wild by Michael Rosen Once there was a woman, a young, young woman She ran from the city, the old, old city She ran to t...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Alphabet by Michael Rosen

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  Illustration By Enki Bilal Alphabet by Michael Rosen   You found a place where I wasn't me you shut your eyes and you could see..... a...
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Escritor colombiano. Especialista en Traducción y Magíster en Literatura. Obtuvo el VII Premio Enka de Literatura Infantil en 1989 con Las batallas de Rosalino, el Premio Comfamiliar del Atlántico en 1991 con Caperucita Roja y otras historias perversas, el Premio Nacional de Literatura de Colcultura en 1993 con La muchacha de Transilvania, el Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia para la Niñez en 1998 con Torcuato es un león viejo, el Premio de Literatura Infantil Parker en 2003 con La negra y el diablo y el Premio Nacional de Cuento Jorge Gaitán Durán en 2007 con Mujeres muertas de amor. Autor recomendado por el Banco del Libro de Venezuela. Además, White Ravens 2014 por El niño gato. Premio Fundación Cuatro Gatos 2014 y Lista de honor IBBY 2016 por Letras robadas. Nominado a los premios Hans Christian Andersen 2018 y Astrid Lindgren 2022.
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