George McWhirter and Homero Aridjis interviewed by Ian Williams
What do monarch butterflies have to do with translation? In this interview with Griffin Trustee Ian Williams, Canadian translator George McWhirter and Mexican poet Homero …
George McWhirter and Homero Aridjis interviewed by Ian Williams
What do monarch butterflies have to do with translation? In this interview with Griffin Trustee Ian Williams, Canadian translator George McWhirter and Mexican poet Homero Aridjis discuss their decades-long friendship and collaboration, reveal fascinating insights into their multilayered translation process, and share what role enthusiasm plays in their work. They … Read more
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Ann Lauterbach interviewed by Mark Doty
“I have a desire for people to understand horizontality as a very important way to live.” –Ann Lauterbach In this interview with Griffin Trustee Mark …
Ishion Hutchinson interviewed by Ian Williams
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Jorie Graham interviewed by Sarah Howe
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Amelia M. Glaser, Yuliya Ilchuk, and Halyna Kruk interviewed by Aleš Šteger
“Nothing is translatable, but you translate anyway, because everything is at stake: understanding what another person is going through.” —Amelia M. Glaser Watch this profoundly …
Ian Williams interviews Susan Musgrave
“It’s almost as if she died and she took the words away.” —Susan Musgrave In this interview with Griffin Trustee Ian Williams, 2023 Griffin Poetry …
Sarah Howe Interviews Robyn Creswell and Iman Mersal
“Iman’s poetry was completely unlike anything that I had been reading in Arabic, and the impression that I got was that all of a sudden …
Eleanor Wachtel interviews Tolu Oloruntoba
In this in-depth interview with CBC’s Eleanor Wachtel, 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize Canadian winner Tolu Oloruntoba shares some of his earliest memories, the influential role …