Catalog of Titles
Art by Francis Picabia
Handsomely
produced volumes of modern and contemporary Italian poets, with facing English
versions by award-winning translators. Each book is a quality paperback,
6" x 9", $20.
Series: Modern Italian Poets in Translation
1. Giorgio Caproni, THE EARTH'S WALL: Selected Poems 1932-1986. Considered one of the giants of the 20th century, Caproni wrote clear and compressed lines that convey both a robust passion and a cool intellect. Translated by Ned Condini.
2.
Camillo Sbarbaro, SHAVINGS: Selected Prose Poems
1914-1940. Sbarbaro experimented with an idiosyncratic blend of poetry
and prose, full of humor and unexpected turns, that he called trucioli—"shavings."
Translated by Gayle Ridinger.
3.
Bartolo Cattafi, WINTER FRAGMENTS: Selected Poems
1949-1979. Cattafi sought to capture the fleeting moments of life with
a dry humor and an erotic sensibility. Translated by Rina Ferrarelli.
4. Carlo Betocchi, AWAKENINGS: Selected Poems 1932-1982. Translated by Ned Condini.
Forthcoming
in 2008:
5. Maria Luisa Spaziani, PAINTED FIRE: Selected Poems 1954-2006. Translated by Lynne Lawner.
6. Giovanni Raboni, MORTAL SONGS: Selected Poems 1950-2004. Translated by Michael Palma.
Series: Contemporary Italian Poets in Translation
1. Milo de Angelis, BETWEEN THE BLAST FURNACES AND THE DIZZINESS: A Selection of Poems 1970-1999. Poems of startling imagery, oblique references and disorientation in the midst of machines. Translated by Emanuel di Pasquale.
2. Luigi Fontanella, LAND OF TIME: Selected Poems 1972-2003. A poet of heartfelt lyricism, colloquial narrative and "pure azure memory." Translated by Carol Lettieri, Irene Marchegiani and others.
3. Franco Buffoni, WINGS: Selected Poems 2000-2005. Translated by Emanuel Di Pasquale.
Forthcoming in 2008:
4. Valerio Magrelli,
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO READ A NEWSPAPER & Other Selected Poems 1980-1999.
Introduction by Peter Hainsworth, edited by Anthony Molino, translated by
Riccardo Duranti, Annamaria Crowe Serrano and others.
In Progress:
Maurizio Cucchi. Translated by Michael Palma.
Paolo Valesio. Translated by Graziella Sidoli and Michael Palma.