Self-Portrait with a Swarm of Bees by Jan Wagner, translated by Iain Galbraith W S Merwin inventive” (Jorie Graham)

inventive” (Jorie Graham)

He also organises Peter Barlow's Cigarette reading series

In this gorgeous

disappointments and joys to the point of almost overflowing

He has translated several poets into French

Self-Portrait with a Swarm of Bees by Jan Wagner, translated by Iain Galbraith W S Merwin inventive” (Jorie Graham)Self Portrait with a Swarm of Bees, to be published in Arc's flagship translation series 'Visible Poets', combines the poet's unerring instinct for the surprising perspective on commonplace objects or events plants, animals, landscapes with a mischievous delight in the detail of the absurd, the precarious balance. Wagner is a vigilant, yet playful, chronicler of the quotidian, his meticulous handling of image and sound forging a worldly, almost