Poetry
The Center at Litquake! Poet and Translator Joshua Beckman
Oct 11, 2011
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The Center joins with Litquake to present poet, editor, and translator Joshua Beckman! The author of seven books of poetry, an influential editor with Wave Books, and an acclaimed translator of numerous books—including the PEN Translation Award finalist Poker by Tomaž Šalamun—Beckman presents Micrograms by Jorge Carrera Andrade—a postmodern collection that highlights the rich possibilities of tiny poems.
Described by Carrera himself as “the Spanish epigram deprived of its subjective hue,” micrograms are a delightfully rich, innovative form of poetry. Hear Beckman discuss the translation challenges they present, and revel in the discreet pleasures of hearing them read aloud.
Author
Joshua Beckman
Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and attended Hampshire College. An editor at Wave Books, he is the author of Things Are Happening (1998), winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Award, Something I Expected to Be Different (2001), Your Time Has Come (2001), Shake (2006), and Take It (2009). He has also translated poems by Carlos Oquendo de Amat and Tomaž Šalamun.