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ISBN 978-0-9573266-0-6
First published February 2013; 250 pp
paperback; 210 x 135 mm
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Click here to read the publisher’s blog post on this book.
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André Naffis-Sahely is a poet and translates from the French and the Italian. His translation of Zola’s L’argent is forthcoming from Penguin Classics. Julian Stannard is a Reader in English and Creative Writing at the University of Winchester. His books include studies of Basil Bunting (forthcoming) and of Fleur Adcock, Donald Davie and Charles Tomlinson. His most recent collection of poetry is The Parrots of Villa Gruber Discover Lapis Lazuli (Salmon, 2011). |
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The Palm Beach Effect: Reflections on Michael Hofmannn
edited by André Naffis-Sahely & Julian Stannard
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‘He is contemporary poetry’s most flitting and elusive ghost, the white whale of our lost alternative to all that is provincial and small in a tawdry world, our impossible strong enchanter’ – David Wheatley
‘MH was a league ahead of the rest of us; while we were writing solemn young poems, he was writing a poem entitled “Solemn Young Poem”’ – Stephen Romer
‘Sitting in a high-backed conference-room chair, he has the look of someone who’s just hopped off a bike’ – Curtis D’Costa
Michael Hofmann – poet, translator, critic – has been an iconic figure for his generation. His poetry continues to be a defining influence on younger writers; his translations (of Joseph Roth, Wolfgang Koeppen, Herta Müller and many others) have enlarged our world.
The Palm Beach Effect reaffirms Hofmann’s central place in contemporary literature. The contributions include essays on particular aspects of Hofmann’s work, poems, memories of 1980s literary London and reports from some of Hofmann’s former students at the University of Florida. Notable throughout, as well as respect for the work, is an affection for the man himself. The book includes a bibliography and a frontispiece portrait of Michael Hofmann by Arturo Di Stefano.
The 40 contributors to this book are: Eric Bliman, Charles Boyle, James Buchan, Fred D’Aguiar, Curtis D’Costa, Arturo Di Stefano, Andrew Elliott, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Mary Beth Ferda, Mark Ford, Durs Grünbein, Tessa Hadley, Saskia Hamilton, Alan Jenkins, Lawrence Joseph, James Lasdun, William Logan, Jamie McKendrick, Sarah Maguire, Randall Mann, Andrew Motion, André Naffis-Sahely, Dennis O’Driscoll, Christopher Reid, Robin Robertson, Stephen Romer, Declan Ryan, Ralph James Savarese, Michael Schmidt, Frederick Seidel, Julian Stannard, George Szirtes, Meg Tyler, Rosanna Warren, David Wheatley, Shaun Whiteside, C. K. Williams, Hugo Williams, Tony Williams, Suzanne Zweizig.
2–9 May only: offered at half price (£5) when bought from this site.
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