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January 18, 2006

American poetry anthology published in Romania
Dana  Milea

Publishing House Carte Romaneasca has launched an anthology of contemporary American poetry which is part of an editorial project including the publication of an anthology of Romanian poetry in English. The volume " Locul nimanui . Antologie de poezie americana " (Nobody's Place. An Anthology of American Poetry" includes translation of contemporary poets like Will Alexander, Anselm Berrigan , Ted Berrigan , Jim Carroll, Andrei Codrescu, Clark Coolidge, Joseph Donahue, Edward Foster, David Shapiro and others, making a total of 36 poets. According to writer Andrei Codrescu, who is included in the anthology as he has settled in the U.S. , the publication will represent a surprise and a challenge for the public in Romania because "they break with the pure literary conventions that are still maintained in universities . " These poets are difficult not only because of the translation problems, but also because they come from different schools," Codrescu says,
The publication of Romanian poetry that will be published by the Talisman Publishing House in New York will include Romanian poets from Tudor Arghezi to the end of the 20th century.