antoinette fawcett – European Literature Network

Aug 31^st

Poetry Travels with Anna Blasiak and Lisa Kalloo: ONLY THE BEGINNING COUNTS (4) by Jan Baeke, translated by Antoinette Fawcett

Those who hoard fire in their rooms also hoard the temptation to set themselves burning. You feel sorry for the fire. It fills your room. I see your hand resting on the arm of your

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Apr 06^th

The Dutch Riveter: Poems from BIGGER THAN THE FACTS by Jan Baeke, translated by Antoinette Fawcett

ONLY THE BEGINNING COUNTS (2) In the bar in the square everything is cut back to far-off and nearby. You come from here. I left a month ago. The barman is glued to the radio deaf t

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