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Thanks Doug. I do believe I will, I've got the groove of it back again, translated three poems in one sitting in my local watering hole the other night. Does anyone have tips as to sending my collection (which I am still quite chuffed about) somewhere for review? Generate some interest? KS --- *Kasper Salonen* (B.A./HuK) Freelance Translation Poet/Producer/Vice Secretary, Helsinki Poetry Connection http://hkipoetryconnection.blogspot.com/ +358505554947 On 22 September 2014 18:18, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Congratulations, Kasper. > > And I’ll be looking forward to those translations (try some here)…. > > Doug > On Sep 22, 2014, at 8:12 AM, Kasper Salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hello all! > > > > I haven't been terribly active on the list for a good while, but I've had > > an eye and an ear open and I'm happy to see that snaps and discussions on > > poetics of all varieties are still going strong on petc. > > > > In literary news, I would like to announce the publication of my first > > poetry collection. It's called Correlations, and it's a collection of my > > "juvenilia" if you will, many iterations of which I edited and re-edited > > while (more) active on this list -- hence the mention in the > > Acknowledgements. :) > > > > I self-published it no more than a week ago, and it's now available > through > > Books on Demand, here: > http://www.bod.fi/index.php?id=1258&objk_id=1336637 > > > > Thanks for the support, both direct and indirect, over the years and I > hope > > you enjoy the collection should you choose to purchase it! > > > > Best wishes and singing fishes, > > > > Kasper > > > > PS: I've also recently begun my pro gradu (aka Master's thesis) seminar > at > > the U. of Helsinki. My subject is the poetry of Arto Melleri, a renowned > > (now deceased) late-Modernist poet; my paper is specifically a > > translational inspection of my endeavour of translating the bulk of > > his work into English -- a task I began last December and which I intend > to > > fulfill in the years to come. The English-speaking world deserves more > than > > the occasional glimpses of Melleri's powerful and dastardly poetics that > it > > has been offered in the past. Will keep you posted! And I'll also be > giving > > you all a holler the minute I need tips on international journals to send > > translations to once I have enough material to make properly, officially > > public. > > --- > > *Kasper Salonen* (B.A./HuK) > > Freelance Translation > > Poet/Producer/Vice Secretary, Helsinki Poetry Connection > > http://hkipoetryconnection.blogspot.com/ > > +358505554947 > > > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 > (UofAPress). > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > > that we are only > as we find out we are > > Charles Olson >