the guest

The Guest, a monthly column on poetry translation, was published by Palette Poetry from Spring 2020 to Spring 2022.

The Guest #23
Robin Myers Robin Myers

The Guest #23

On the finances (or lack thereof!) of literary translation, especially poetry.

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The Guest #22
Robin Myers Robin Myers

The Guest #22

An elegy for Indiana Dib and a tribute to loving connectedness across space and time.

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The Guest #21
Robin Myers Robin Myers

The Guest #21

An interview with Chloe Martinez on the devotional poems of Mirabai and their long-breathed influence on her own poems.

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The Guest #20
Robin Myers Robin Myers

The Guest #20

An interview with Kit Schluter on nineteenth-century French poetry as an influence on his collection Pierrot's Fingernails.

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The Guest #19
Robin Myers Robin Myers

The Guest #19

An interview with Chamini Kulathunga on terms of endearment, what's kept secret, and translating from Sri Lankan Sinhalese.

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The Guest #18
Robin Myers Robin Myers

The Guest #18

An interview with Emma Rault on sonnets, finding a way "in," and translating from Dutch.

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The Guest #17
Robin Myers Robin Myers

The Guest #17

An interview with Jennifer Shyue on audience, intimate names, and translating Asian-Peruvian poets.

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The Guest #16
Robin Myers Robin Myers

The Guest #16

On flubs, misinterpretation, and the importance of a single syllable.

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The Guest #15
Robin Myers Robin Myers

The Guest #15

An interview with Ottilie Mulzet on silence, listening, and translating from Hungarian and Mongolian.

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