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When Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort founded MPT in 1965 they had two principal ambitions: to get poetry out from behind the Iron Curtain into a wider circulation in English and to benefit writers and the reading public in Britain and America by confronting them with good work from abroad. They publ…

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    Two poems from 'Battleground'. Moon Bo Young, translated from Korean by Dabin Jeong

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 7:31


    Listen to two poems in English and Korean, written by Moon Bo Young and translated from Korean by Dabin Jeong. This recording features an introduction by the translator Dabin Jeong, followed by alternating English translations and the Korean original poems read by Moon Bo Young and Dabin Jeong. This poem is published in MPT Presently Proximal Person: Focus on Experimental Translations, No.2 2025. You can find the full text of this poem and the introduction on the MPT website: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/poem/two-poems-from-battleground/

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    Inna Krasnoper, Three poems. Translated from Russian by Inna Krasnoper and Elina Alter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 10:16


    Listen to three poems by Inna Krasnoper, translated from Russian by Inna Krasnoper and Elina Alter. This recording features an introduction by the translator Elina Alter, followed by alternating English translations and the Russian original poems read by Elina Alter and Inna Krasnoper. This poem is published in MPT Presently Proximal Person: Focus on Experimental Translations, No.2 2025. You can find the full text of this poem and the introduction on the MPT website: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/poem/three-poems-2/

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    Clarice 6-4-68, Ana Cristina Cesar translated Mónica De La Torre

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 9:23


    Listen to 'Clarice 6-4-68' by Ana Cristina Cesar, translated from Portuguese by Mónica De La Torre. Including the translation by Mónica De La Torre , the original poem read in Portuguese by Andrea Lerner, and the introduction in the form of a letter by Mónica De La Torre. This poem is published in MPT Presently Proximal Person: Focus on Experimental Translations, No.2 2025. You can find the full text of this poem and the introduction on the MPT website https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/poem/clarice-6-4-68/

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    Literature Lesson, Liu Ligan translated by Dong Li

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 12:14


    Dong Li reads the Endglish translation of Liu Ligan's poem'Literature Lesson', along with the original poem recorded by Liu Ligan, and Dong Li's own introduction, published in MPT 'Presently Proximal Person: Focus on Experimental Translations'.

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    Mihrab. Samar Al Guhssain, translated by Batool Abu Akleen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 4:45


    From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

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    Ripened Death. Mojeeb Al Bayed, translated by Batool Abu Akleen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 2:00


    From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

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    Rusty nails in the heart. Heba Al-Agha, translated by Batool Abu Akleen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 5:34


    From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

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    The Last Passenger. Wadah Abu Jami translated by Batool Abu Akleen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 1:03


    From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

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    The Birth of an Absentee. Tamer Khail, translated by Batool Abu Akleen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 3:19


    From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

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    Don't Ask Me. Rawan Qwaider translated by Batool Abu Akleen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 1:36


    From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

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    After. Mariam Mohammed Al Khateeb, translated by Batool Abu Akleen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 1:46


    From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

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    Through the holes of time. Asmaa Dwaima, translated by Batool Abu Akleen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 2:33


    From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

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    Noble Sadness, an Immortal Woman. Wadah Abu Jami translated by Batool Abu Akleen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 0:42


    From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

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    Catalan Edition | Ronald Puppo speaks with AKaiser and Marialena Carr

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 80:16


    Featuring poetry and translation from MPT Your Language Anticipating Mine: Focus on Catalan, hosted by Ronald Puppo with AKaiser and Marialena Carr For a transcript and to find out more, visit mptmagazine.com/mpt-podcast-catalan-edition-ronald-puppo-speaks-to-kaiser-and-marialena-carr/

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    Cindy Juyong Ok speaks to Sarah Hesketh - on translating Kim Hyesoon, and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 36:54


    Cindy Juyong Ok speaks to Sarah Hesketh, on translating Kim Hyesoon - and more. Cindy Juyong Ok's translations feature in MPT Fresh and Salt: Focus on Water. Find out more about this issue on our website: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/fresh-and-salt-focus-on-water/

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    Two poems by Batool Abu Akleen - translated by Batool Abu Akleen and Cristina Viti

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 5:15


    Published in MPT Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/salam-to-gaza-focus-on-dissent-and-resistance/

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    sound of a jaw harp in the labelling factory: Jike Ayou, translated by Yě Yě

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 1:34


    Published in MPT Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/salam-to-gaza-focus-on-dissent-and-resistance/

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    Two poems: Henri-Michel Yéré, translated by Todd Fredson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 6:41


    Published in MPT Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/salam-to-gaza-focus-on-dissent-and-resistance/

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    Politics' Corpse Covered with the Morning Paper: Afrizal Malta translated by Daniel Owen

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 6:17


    Published in MPT Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/salam-to-gaza-focus-on-dissent-and-resistance/

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    Salam to Gaza: Hussein Barghouthi, translated by Suneela Mubayi

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 10:56


    Salam to Gaza: Hussein Barghouthi, translated by Suneela Mubayi. We are grateful to Suneela Mubayi for providing these recordings, featuring a live reading from the event "Nakba Then and Now: Refuse Silence" published on YouTube by The Radical Book Collective and the Polis Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfuqn34gY_I&t=5839, followed by an original recording of the poet Hussein Barghouthi reading the poem.

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    Destruction of Texts: Yi Sang, translated by Translated by Jack Jung from Korean

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 10:52


    Destruction of Texts: Yi Sang, translated by Translated by Jack Jung from Korean by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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    Two poems by Amelia Rosselli, translated by Roberta Antognini and Deborah Woodard from Italian

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 3:35


    Two poems by Amelia Rosselli, translated by Roberta Antognini and Deborah Woodard from Italian by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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    The Seamstresses, Missak Manouchian translated by Jennifer Manoukian from Western Armenian

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 2:19


    The Seamstresses, Missak Manouchian translated by Jennifer Manoukian from Western Armenian by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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    When Spring Comes, Najwan Darwish Tr. Kareem James Abu-Zeid

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 2:00


    When Spring Comes, by Najwan Darwish, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. This recording made by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. Featured in MPT Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care. Read this poem and more: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/bearing-the-burden-of-sameness-focus-on-care/

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    Miss River Snail, Xinyang Wu, tr Tuoya Wulan

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 1:11


    Miss River Snail by Xinyang Wu, translated by Tuoya Wulan. This recording was made by Tuoya Wulan. Featured in MPT Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care. Read this poem and more: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/bearing-the-burden-of-sameness-focus-on-care/

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    A Song, Rabindranath Tagore, Tr Adrija Ghosh

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 1:53


    This recording made by Adrija Ghosh. Audio recording of the poem featured in MPT Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care. Read these poems and more at: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/bearing-the-burden-of-sameness-focus-on-care/

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    Care Advice, Ester Naomi Perquin, Tr David Colmer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 2:42


    This recording made by David Calmer and Ester Naomi Perquin. Audio recording of the poem featured in MPT Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care. Read these poems and more at: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/bearing-the-burden-of-sameness-focus-on-care/

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    The Garden Must Tend Me, Abdullah O. Jimoh, Tr By The Poet

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 2:33


    This recording is by Abdullah O. Jimoh. Audio recording is of the poem featured in MPT Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care. Read these poems and more at: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/bearing-the-burden-of-sameness-focus-on-care/

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    Malta Focus - Khairani Barokka speaks with Adrian Grima and Albert Gatt

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 46:18


    This Podcast accompanies MPT Call the Sea A Poet: Focus on Malta. Khairani Barokka speaks with contributors Adrian Grima and Albert Gatt. Find out more about this issue on the MPT website: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/call-the-sea-a-poet-focus-on-malta/ A full transcript is available at https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/podcast-khairani-barokka-speaks-with-adrian-grima-and-albert-gatt/

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    Nadia López García, ‘The Way of the Deer' - Tr. Gabriela Ramirez-Chavez & Whitney Devos from Spanish

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 3:18


    Nadia López García, ‘The Way of the Deer' - Tr. Gabriela Ramirez-Chavez & Whitney Devos from Spanish by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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    Sodïq Oyèkànmí, ‘river' - Translated by the poet from Yorùbá

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 2:58


    Sodïq Oyèkànmí, ‘river' - Translated by the poet from Yorùbá by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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    Concha Méndez, 'This Must Be My Last Loss' - Translated by Harriet Truscott from Spanish

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 0:54


    Concha Méndez, 'This Must Be My Last Loss' - Translated by Harriet Truscott from Spanish by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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    Jaku Mata, ‘Before the City Goes Under Water' - Translated by Eric Abalajon from Filipino

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 1:27


    Jaku Mata, ‘Before the City Goes Under Water' - Translated by Eric Abalajon from Filipino by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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    Kim Seon-Hyang, ‘Water Snake' - Translated by Darcy Paquet and Sun Kyoung Yoon from Korean

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 2:25


    Kim Seon-Hyang, ‘Water Snake' - Translated by Darcy Paquet and Sun Kyoung Yoon from Korean by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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    Dzifa Benson speaks to Khairani Barokka: On names, poetry, and the Ewe language

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 41:25


    Dzifa Benson speaks to MPT Editor Khairani Barokka: On names, poetry, and the Ewe language. The poetry in this podcast is featured in MPT Measureless Melodies, available at www.mptmagazine.com For a full transcript, see https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/dzifa-benson-speaks-to-khairani-barokka-on-names-poetry-and-the-ewe-language/

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    Mosaddegh by Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, translated by Siavash Saadlou

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 1:15


    Audio from MPT 'Call the Sea a Poet: Focus on Malta'. To read these poems in full visit www.modernpoetryintranslation.com

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    'All Roads Lead To Rome' by Immanuel Mifsud, translated by Ruth Ward and Immanuel Mifsud

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 0:50


    Audio from MPT 'Call the Sea a Poet: Focus on Malta'. To read these poems in full visit www.modernpoetryintranslation.com

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    'Forms of Nausea' by Aya Nabih, translated by Sara Elkamel

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 2:52


    Audio from MPT 'Call the Sea a Poet: Focus on Malta'. To read these poems in full visit www.modernpoetryintranslation.com

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    Collection', by Priscilla Cassar, translated by Maria Grech Gannado

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 1:50


    Audio from MPT 'Call the Sea a Poet: Focus on Malta'. To read these poems in full visit www.modernpoetryintranslation.com

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    'The Wave', by Maria Grech Gannado, translated by the poet

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 1:40


    Audio from MPT 'Call the Sea a Poet: Focus on Malta'. To read these poems in full visit www.modernpoetryintranslation.com

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    ‘A Poet - Shark', By Hiền Trang, Translated By The Poet

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 1:08


    These recordings are of poems featured in April 2023 issue of Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine – Measureless Melodies: Focus on Vietnam. To read these poems and explore the issue see www.modernpoetryintranslation.com

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    ‘Cac Co Cavern' and ‘Sweet Rice Ball, Afloat' by Hồ Xuân Hương, tr. by Mỹ Ngọc Tô.m4a

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 1:53


    These recordings are of poems featured in April 2023 issue of Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine – Measureless Melodies: Focus on Vietnam. To read these poems and explore the issue see www.modernpoetryintranslation.com

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    ‘I Fell Into A Cold' By Nguyệt Phạm, Tr. By Phương Anh

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 2:50


    These recordings are of poems featured in April 2023 issue of Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine – Measureless Melodies: Focus on Vietnam. To read these poems and explore the issue see www.modernpoetryintranslation.com

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    ‘Noon', By Phoebe Giannisi, Tr. Brian Sneeden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 2:24


    These recordings are of poems featured in April 2023 issue of Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine – Measureless Melodies: Focus on Vietnam. To read these poems and explore the issue see www.modernpoetryintranslation.com

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    ‘The Reflection Of Sadness', Baabusha Kohli, Tr. Rituparna Sengupta

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 3:10


    These recordings are of poems featured in April 2023 issue of Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine – Measureless Melodies: Focus on Vietnam. To read these poems and explore the issue see www.modernpoetryintranslation.com

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    'Here In Vĩ Dạ Hamlet', Hàn Mặc Tử, Tr. By N.T. Anh

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 1:44


    These recordings are of poems featured in April 2023 issue of Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine – Measureless Melodies: Focus on Vietnam. To read these poems and explore the issue see www.modernpoetryintranslation.com

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    Jhumpa Lahiri speaks to Khairani Barokka: On self-translation and turning to poetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 36:10


    Jhumpa Lahiri speaks to MPT Editor Khairani Barokka, discussing self-translation and writing poetry. The poems featured in this podcast were published in MPT 'Wrap it in Banana Leaves; the Food Focus' in 2022. You can find out more about this issue and subscribe on the MPT Magazine website: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/subscribe/ A full transcript of this podcast is available at https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/jhumpa-lahiri-speaks-to-khairani-barokka-on-self-translation-and-turning-to-poetry/

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    Jhumpa Lahiri – Cupboard. From MPT No.3 2022. Wrap It in Banana Leaves: The Food Focus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 0:52


    Jhumpa Lahiri – Cupboard. From MPT No.3 2022. Wrap It in Banana Leaves: The Food Focus by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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    Jhio Jan Navarro, ‘Smokestack' – Translated by Eric Abalajon from Hiligaynon

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 0:56


    Jhio Jan Navarro, ‘Smokestack' – Translated by Eric Abalajon from Hiligaynon by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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    Fu Hao, ‘Birthday' – Translated by the poet from Chinese

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 1:48


    Fu Hao, ‘Birthday' – Translated by the poet from Chinese by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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    Adriana Lisboa, ‘Bowl' Translated by Alison Entrekin from Brazilian Portuguese

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 0:37


    Adriana Lisboa, ‘Bowl' Translated by Alison Entrekin from Brazilian Portuguese by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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