Poetry
Afterwords
- Publisher
- Véhicule Press, “Signal Editions” series
- Published
- September 1, 2018
- Pages
- 72
- Price
- $17.95
- ISBN
- 9781550655087
- Language
- English
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The belief in translation as an act of self-portraiture drives Afterwords, Geoffrey Cook’s ambitious reimagining of German poems by Goethe, Heine, Rilke and Brecht. Cook’s versions not only transform these foreign texts into English poems in their own right, but enrich and expand his uniquely prismatic voice. Cook brings a contemporary and Canadian tone to his adaptations, which also showcase the exacting craftsmanship for which his first collection, Postscript, was praised. Afterwords is a book that daringly celebrates authorship as a shared project. “Do you not feel,” writes Goethe, “that, in my songs, I am one and the other, too?”
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From Véhicule Press
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We Drove All Day for This Bruce Taylor
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Qaf’s People Sadiqa de Meijer
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My Summer Vacation Zeenat Nagree
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Cannibal Rats Richard Greene
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Morgan’s Castle Jan Hilliard
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How to Move On Joel Yanofsky
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Private Number David Homel
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Fan Mail Jason Guriel
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The Inferno Dante Alighieri
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Quietly, Loving Everyone Curtis John McRae
