FOMITE
Italian poems by Antonello Borra
English translations by Blossom S. Kirschenbaum
Art by Delia Robinson Foreword by Greg Delanty
Afterword by Camillo Pennati
Animals have always understood that mankind is not fully at home in the world. Bestiaries, hoping to teach, send out warnings. This one, of course, aims at doing the same.
About the Author
Antonello Borra teaches Italian at the University of Vermont. His other volumes of poetry are Frammenti di tormenti (prima parte) (Longo: 2000), Frammenti di tormenti (seconda parte) (Lietocolle: 2006), Alfabestiario (Lietocolle: 2009), and the illustrated, bilingual Alphabetabestiario (Fomite: 2011). The texts presented here are not exactly the same appeared in Italy in 2009. Translations of his poetry appeared in English, Catalan, and are being prepared in German. He translated into Italian poems from the English of Greg Delanty, W.S. Merwin, and Gerry Murphy; from the German of Erich Fried; from the Spanish of Tina Escaja, Roberto Sosa, and José Watanabe. He co-translated two autobiographical novels from the German of Johannes Hösle and is a regular contributor to magazines and journals in both Italy and the United States. His other publications are books and articles on literary criticism and language pedagogy.
Beast Wishes - Review by Marc Awodey in
Seven Days
