'La Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi' is MPT Magazine's Poem of the Month

February 14, 2014

Seán's translation of Ciaran Carson's only published poem in Irish, 'La Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi', is poem of the month for February 2014 on Modern Poetry in Translation's website.

 

The post also features a podcast of Seán reading and discussing the poem and the act of translation. 

 

Seán's translation was originally published in Modern Poetry in Translation, Autumn 2013.

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