I am very grateful to the following poets for graciously agreeing to be part of the book launch for my new poetry collection If you were here you would feel […]
Meet the guest readers for the book launch of ‘If you were here you would feel at home’ Read More »
Brainchild I did this thing The kind of thing people have thought about for ages So I feel a bit embarrassed calling it mine – Actually it’s yours. from Small
‘Small Sovereign’ wins Los Angeles Book Festival award Read More »
When I left my full-time job as a contractor/carpenter nearly ten years ago, I had a lot of motivation to reinvent myself as a writer/translator. But I had little experience.
5 things I learned about getting published Read More »
I have good news to share. My collection of poetry, Slow Phoenix, which was published last year, has been recognized in the poetry category of the Independent Press Award® (IPA)
‘Slow Phoenix’ recognized by Independent Press Award Read More »
I was recently asked to do something very different; to translate a poem by Tove Ditlevsen for a Danish fashion designer, Cecilie Bahnsen, who is planning to have my translation read
Cecilie Bahnsen to feature Tove Ditlevsen poem at Paris Fashion Week Read More »
An invitation In late summer of 2021, I was contacted out of the blue by PEN. I had been recommended as a judge for their 25th annual award in translated
I was a judge for PEN literary awards Read More »
In 2016 I translated Tove Ditlevsen’s Gift into English as Dependency. Through a series of coincidences, in 2018 I was able to submit it for consideration to Penguin Classics, who
When your book is listed in the top 10 by the New York Times Read More »
In December, 2021, The Los Angeles Review accepted for publication four poems by Tove Ditlevsen that I co-translated with my colleague Cynthia Graae. Fourteen other poems have been accepted for
On partnering with Cynthia Graae to translate Tove Ditlevsen’s poetry Read More »
Michael recently gave a talk about Tove Ditlevsen, and The Copenhagen Trilogy at UMass Amherst. He spoke about Ditlevsen’s life and how he first came upon her work. He also
A talk about Tove Ditlevsen’s life & her memoir, The Copenhagen Trilogy Read More »
October 9, 2021, my book launch for my new poetry collections, Small Sovereign and Slow Phoenix, filled the Northampton Center for the Arts (NCFA) with jazz music and a poetry
On launching two poetry collections with a touch of jazz Read More »
