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In this episode, host Clayton McKee speaks with Polish poet Radosław Wiśniewski and poet/translator Anna Błasiak (from Poland, now based in the United Kingdom) about the poem "Psalm to Saint Sabina. In addition to the poem, the duo discusses poetics and publishing, including the launch of Anna Błasiak's Sideway Press. You can also listen to a bilingual reading of "Psalm..." which won Trafika Europe's first-ever poetry prize. 

You can purchase "Psalm to Saint Sabina" from Sideways Press here. You can see more about the press here.

You can read an excerpt of "Psalm to Saint Sabina" in Trafika Europe's First-Ever Literary Prizes issue.

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In this episode, host Clayton McKee talks with poet and translator Marc Alan Di Martino about his translations of Mario Dell'Arco's poetry written originally in Romanesco. Marc collected much (not all!) of Dell'Arco's work in the collection Day Lasts Forever, published by World Poetry Books. You can read a sampling of his translation in Trafika Europe's All Poetry Issue. In February 2026, the collection won the Joseph Tusiani Italian Translation Prize. Read about it here.

You can read Di Martino's translation of Mauro Marè mentioned at the end of the interview at this link.

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With this episode, we celebrate a forthcoming translation of Mark Murphy's poetry collection Out of the Ordinary: The Importance of Being Helene Demuth. The collection is being translated into Italian by TE collaborator Franco Malanima, and it will be published on February 10, 2026 by Articoli Liberi. Enjoy this reading of "Venturing Beyond" read by the poet Mark Murphy, as well as a reading of the Italian translation "Andare oltre." The translation was done by Franco Malanima, read by Emanuela Botti. 

More content related to this episode: 

• Excerpt of The Importance of Being Helene Demuth published in Trafika Europe's "Blast from the Past" here.
• Interview with Mark Murphy
• Interview with Franco Malanima about Articoli Liberi
• Articoli Liberi's website
• Link to La donna invisible

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In this episode, host Joe Williams speaks with translator Elina Alter about her translation of Russian author Alla Gorbunova's It's the End of the World, My Love. She discusses the novel through the lens of the translator, giving insight into the craft of literary translation. Stay tuned for our upcoming issue of the journal to read an excerpt of this work. Can't wait for the next issue to drop? You can check it out now in Deep Vellum's catalogue. 

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In this episode, host Clayton McKee speaks with Danish poet Pia Tafdrup about her five poetry collections that make up The Senses Quintet. Bloodaxe Books published the Quintet in two collections: The Sight of Light / The Sound of Clouds /  The Touch of Skin and The Taste of Steel / The Smell of Snow. Pia Tafdrup explains how she created the quintet and dives into her views on poetics, language, and nature. This interview includes a reading of one poem from each of the five quintets, including one poem read in both original and English translation. The English translation of The Quintet was done by David McDuff.  

You can read a sampling of Pia Tafdrup's poems in Trafika Europe's All-Poetry Issue. Check it out here: www.trafikaeurope.org/all-poetry 

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In this episode, host Joe Williams speaks with Irish author Eoghan Smith about his novel A Provincial Death. They discuss Smith's approach to writing, particularly the experimental aspects in his novel. An excerpt of this novel will appear in our forthcoming issue of the journal.

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In this episode, host Joe Williams speaks with Slovenian author Lucija Stupica about her poetry collection Vanishing Points. They discuss the collection as well as Stupica's approach to language and writing, with specific attention to her poetics. An excerpt of this novel will be included in our forthcoming issue. 

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In this episode, host Clayton McKee speaks with Icelandic author Eva Björg Ægisdóttir and translator Victoria Cribb. We discuss their work on the noir novel Home Before Dark. We dive into the importance of geography/place and how Eva and Victoria view the noir and Eva's intervention in it. You can read an excerpt of the novel here. 

You can see the full Meta Mystery issue (in which an excerpt of Home Before Dark appears) here: https://www.trafikaeurope.org/meta-mystery 

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In this episode, host Clayton McKee speaks with Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis. Gwyneth discusses her career, including her time as the National Poet of Wales. We also dive into her poetics, in particular in relation to her recent collection First Rain in Paradise. You can read an excerpt of that collection published by Bloodaxe Books here. The collection can be viewed on Bloodaxe Books' website. 

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In this episode, host Clayton McKee speaks with English-language Maltese poet and translator Abigail Ardelle Zammit. We discuss her translation work on Gioele Galea's poems Ilma / Water. You will hear the original Maltese poems and their English translations throughout the episode, read by the author and the translator, respectively. We also get insight into Abigail Ardelle Zammit's poetics, which are also published in our most recent issue, All Poetry. 

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