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“NOW, closer to the earth,/ I see the same things/ but I see more,” writes Argentinian poet Mirta Rosenberg (1951-2019) in one of her luminous poems from Interior Landscape/El Paisaje Interior (Ugly Duckling Presse, £17).
Translated by Yaki Setton and Sergio Waisman, this mini-anthology of Rosenberg’s work, which also includes some of her translations of other poets such as James Fenton and Kay Ryan, is packed with beautiful poems that explore the place and voice of the poet in the world.
“The head above/ below arms/ hands and feet, my work,/ the trunk with its waist/ a culture from the south,/ the knees, the hips/ fingers, hair, nails, viscera, gums./ Sit down and in a list/ finish off the biography.”
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