Modern Poetry in Translation (Series 3 No.18) TransitionsThe autumn issue of Modern Poetry in Translation will be one of transition, and not just in the seasonal sense. Transitions will be jointly edited by David and Helen Constantine and the poet and translator Sasha Dugdale, who will succeed them as Editor from 2013. As such, in this issue translated poems, short essays and anecdotes will address the idea of transition in as many ways as possible: from the theory of translation itself, to the life of the

the ascetic gentleness of Paddy Bushe

Letters from Cairo by Pauline Kaldas

Norris paints a vivid world full of striking descriptive detail and extraordinarily realised people

was first published by Valley Press in 2010

probing and beautiful" (The Stage)

where for some three years he studied at a research centre in agrarian economics

Accessibly written for the lay reader

Translations without Translators

I remember carnival

2006) and Love’s Enterprise Zone (Doire Press

Taking its title from the root meaning of Dublin

It is also a portrait of society's lack of compassion for those who suffer from mental health issues