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About Lucas Margarit

Lucas Margarit (Buenos Aires, 1966) is a poet, translator, and scholar. He has brought out three books of poetry and has written extensively on poetry and poetics, including essays on Beckett, Cavendish, and Shakespeare. He is currently a professor of English Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. The poems here belong to his El libro de los elementos / The Book of Elements (2007).

6 poems by Lucas Margarit, translated by Katherine M. Hedeen

Lucas Margarit and Katherine M. Hedeen

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piety 1 1 A signal emitted by birds at the coldest moment of night. There is no longer devotion to holy things. Representation outside the borders of a wall-less cemetery. Raised rebuilding of … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

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