Fair: The Life-Art of Translation by Jen Calleja poet laureate shows his respect for language

shows his respect for language and love for the craft of poetry

This is a collection of poetry simultaneously raging in its vitriol and heart breaking in its grief

PRAISE for Foundry Songs:

a distant space station struggling for survival as the pace of change threatens to leave the community behind

Fair: The Life-Art of Translation by Jen Calleja poet laureate shows his respect for languageFair: The Life Art of Translation, is a satirical, refreshing and brilliantly playful book about learning the art of translation, being a bookworker in the publishing industry, growing up, family, and class. Loosely set in an imagined book fair art fair fun fair, in which every stall or ride imitates a real world scenario or dilemma which must be observed and negotiated, the book moves between personal memories and larger questions about the role of