The aftermath of war in Africa — through the eyes of a poet 

He’ll begin his study and translation with the written works of three Ivory Coast poets: Azo Vauguy, Josué Guébo and Tanella Boni. Each tackles the country’s civil unrest, but their styles are different. I want to shatter the silence that structures trauma and pain, even if just in the most personal sense. Todd Fredson By translating their work into English, Fredson aims to amplify their voices, as well as the experiences of the nation’s people. It’s a legacy he wants to leave for the writers and the war-

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When the Men Go Off to War |

Victoria Kelly, the wife of a fighter pilot, has written a critically acclaimed book pf war poetry, which follows in the  long tradition of women who have written of the experience of their men going off to war.  by When the Men Go Off to War, will be released in hardcover in September 2015 by the Naval Institute Press as the Press’s first poetry publication in their over-100-year history.  It has received wide critical acclaim.

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We Have Not Arrived: Problems with Postcolonial Translation in Charles Cantalupo’s “War and Peace in Contemporary Eritrean Poetry”

We Have Not Arrived: Problems with Postcolonial Translation in Charles Cantalupo’s “War and Peace in Contemporary Eritrean Poetry”