Reason Enough by Ida Vitale and translated by Sarah Pollack

This is poetry from Uruguay.

Reason Enough by Ida Vitale translated by Sarah Pollack is published by Host Publications. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2008.0 and has the ISBN of 9.780924947428E12.

Ida Vitale’s Reason Enough, translated by Sarah Pollack, belongs on the shelf as more than a data point from Uruguay. It carries Ida Vitale’s reasoned clarity, where thought and lyric precision meet without losing the pulse of lived experience. The best entries in a translated poetry library do not merely point to a country, language, or press; they give a reader a reason to linger with the strangeness of another voice. This is the kind of book I would describe through atmosphere first and certainty second. Let the work be partial, difficult, plainspoken, excessive, or mysterious on its own terms before turning it into a lesson.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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