METAMORPHOSES -journal of literary translation-

Fall 2002
10.2

The following is the Table of Contents from the Fall 2002 edition of Metamorphoses.
Some of the selections are linked and available on-line; the complete edition, including the original language versions for the poetry, is only available in print.

Thalia Pandiri

From the Editor-in-Chief

POETRY

Adam J. Sorkin and Radu Andriescu	Short, Untitled Dramatization of Some E-Mails About a Title: An Exchange Between Poet and Translator	20
Radu Andriescu	Catalanul Din Mine Aproape o minune: de vorba cu Taj Mahal Hamburger, Sau Drumul Spre Hogeac Puntile Stalinskaya Naspa la singe Bip Translated from the Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin and the poet	24 30 34 38 44 50
James O'Brien	Introduction: Two Japanese Poets	58
Kitahara Hakushu	Hizakari Aoi tonbo Teki Suiro Itoguruma Hakuga Translated from the Japanese by James O’Brien	62 64 64 66 68 68
Haiwara Sakutaro	Jimen no soko no byôki no kao Naibu ni iru hito ga kikeina byônin ni mieru riyû Oyogu hito Kusatta hamaguri Airen Satsujin jiken Translated from the Japanese by James O’Brien	70 70 72 72 74 74
Samuel N. Rosenberg	Introduction: Four Old French Lyrics	86
Anonymous	Cant voi l’aube dou jor venir Translated from the Old French by Samuel N. Rosenberg	88
Thibaut de Champagne	Ausi conme unicorne sui Translated from the Old French by Samuel N. Rosenberg	90
Conon de Béthune	Ce fut l’autrier en un autre païs Translated from the Old French by Samuel N. Rosenberg	94
Anonymous	Bele Doette as fenestres se siet Translated from the Old French by Samuel N. Rosenberg	98
François Villon	Ballade que Villon feist a la requeste de sa mere pour prier nostre dame Ballade des femmes du temps jadis Translated from the Old French by Maurice Z. Shroder and Patricia Terry and introduced by Patricia Terry	102 104
Emily Dickinson	After Great Pain My Life Had Stood—A Loaded Gun The Auctioneer of Parting Translated into Spanish by Marta Dahlgren	108 108 110
Juan Cameron	Álvaro de Campos Extrañas Circunstancias Escrituras Bolero Sobre el Talento Carte de Viaje Érase una Vez Doble Juego Tranås Retirada Translated from the Spanish by Cola Franzen	112 112 114 114 116 118 118 120 122 122
Lorena Terando	Introduction	124
Consuelo Avila	From Bajo Mis Pies No Florecen Amapolas: Compañero Miedo Caracoles Conversación Soledad Celos Deja Prisión Translated from the Spanish by Lorena Terando	128 128 130 130 130 132 132 134
Salvatore Quasimodo	Auschwitz Translated from the Italian by Melinda Kennedy	136
Hans Sahl	Die Letzten Die Ballade Von Den Getragenen Sachen Translated from the German by Walter Hess	140 142
Carlos de Oliveira	Estalactite Translated from the Portuguese by Alexis Levitin	144
Adília Lopes	O pulso da Lillian Gish As rosas com bolores O presente “Por exemplo, nunca convidei uma barata para lanchar comigo.” Clarice Lispector A Elisabeth foi-se embora (com algumas coisas de Anne Sexton) Uma afirmação de Pessoa sobre Milton Uma história de bailarinas Os papelotes Translated from the Portuguese and introduced by Charles Cutler	156 158 160 166 168 170 172 176
Marguerite Itamar Harrison	Introduction	180
Zulmira Ribeiro Tavares	Pequena Mulher a Caminho Um Assassino Doutor em Filosofia e a Manicure de Doutores Translated from the Portuguese by Marguerite Itamar Harrison	182 182 182

PROSE

Hernando Tellez	Lather and Nothing Else Translated from the Spanish by Jennifer Gabrielle Edwards	188
Julio Paredes	Eme Translated from the Spanish by Jennifer Gabrielle Edwards	192
Kornel Filipowicz	What is a Man? Translated from the Polish and introduced by Stephanie Kraft	199
Mikhail Bulgakov adapted by Veniamin Smekhov	A Dramatic Montage in Two Acts Based on the Novel Master and Margarita Satan's Ball By Candlelight Translated from the Russian and introduced by Alexander and Catherine Woronzoff-Dashkoff	214 216 218

CONTEMPORARY GREEK SHORT FICTION

Martin McKinsey	Tales from the Grid: The Modern Greek Short Story	224
Christoforos Milionis	Phryne Translated by Martin McKinsey	227
Nikos Houliaras	An Afternoon in the Life of Kostakis Darabassinas Translated by Martin McKinsey	232
Dimitris Nollas	Strategies of Boredom Translated by Martin McKinsey	235
Sotiris Dimitrou	The Wiring Translated by Martin McKinsey	240
Andonis Sourounis	With Spiro Hursutoglu in the Salonica Bar Translated by Martin McKinsey	244
Ioanna Karystiani	Lickety Split Translated by Jane Assimakopoulos	251
Sophia Nikolaïdou	One Blonde, Well Done Translated by Jane Assimakopoulos	261
Ersi Soitripoulou	Camelpig Translated by Jane Assimakopoulos	262
Kay Cicellis	The Dance of the Hours Translated by Stavros Deligiorgis	276
Michel Fais	Apricot Cheeks, Rockcherry Lips Translated by Stavros Deligiorgis	280
Thalia Pandiri	Introduction By the translator	292
Christoforos Milionis	Computer Virus Translated by Thalia Pandiri	295

REVIEWS

Cola Franzen	Nicomedes Suárez-Araúz. Edible Amazonia: Twenty-One Poems from God's Amazonian Recipe Book Translated by Steven Ford Brown and with a prologue by Marjorie Agosin. Bilingual Edition. Fayetteville, NY: Bitter Oleander Press, 2002.	308
Orm Øverland	North in the World: Selected Poems of Rolf Jacobsen. A Bilingual Edition. Translated, edited and introduced by Roger Greenwald. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2002.	310
Venko Andonovski	Under the Metonymy Banner: The Poetry of Bogomil Gjuzel Bogomil Gjuzel. The Wolf at the Door. Translated by P.H. Liotta. Introduced by Charles Simic. Riverside, CA: Xenos Books, 2001.	313
Kalina Maleski	Luring the Original: Bogomil Gjuzel in English Bogomil Gjuzel. The Wolf at the Door. Translated by P.H. Liotta. Introduced by Charles Simic. Riverside, CA: Xenos Books, 2001.	317

REFLECTIONS

	Melinda Kennedy	Subjunctive	320
	Melinda Kennedy	The Preposition, For Ever and Ever	322

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