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Category: Translations from the Spanish

  • Book cover, Letras de Carton
    Of Cardboard Mankind is Made / De cartón el hombre se hizo

    Original poem in Spanish by Sergio Fong, from the anthology Letras de Cartón, a collaborative publication from twenty cartonero publishers in eight countries. Link to bilingual version/ versión bilingüe (PDF). English translation by David Brendan O’Meara. Of cardboard mankind is made Cartonero is the name of the manwho walks among the entrails of the urban animalthrough its despised innardsCrawling worm that sifts and winnowsthrough the garbage of the great capital and its outcasthuman dregsWho harvests the skin […]

  • Analyzing “The Greta Phenomenon” Objectively

    Translator’s note: Although I disagree, sometimes strongly, with many of the ideas and positions in the following analysis, I believe it expresses an important point of view that needs to be encountered and debated in the English-speaking world, especially among people concerned about climate change and the impending environmental crisis. That’s why I’ve translated it into English, and offer it freely to anyone who wants to read it, use it, adapt it, or correct it.  –David Brendan […]

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