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Poetry

Embrace all these experiences

by Philip Martin
October 1983, no. 55

The Observatory: Selected poems by Dimitris Tsaloumas, translated by Philip Grundy

UQP, $14.95, $7.95 pb, 169 pp

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Migrant writing in this country isn’t just burgeoning, it has begun to flourish. The writing itself and the study of it begin to look like a ‘growth industry’. What I know of it is varied both in kind and quality, but I’ve no doubt at all that the poetry of Dimitris Tsaloumas is an important achievement by any standard.

 


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The Observatory: Selected poems by Dimitris Tsaloumas, translated by Philip Grundy

UQP, $14.95, $7.95 pb, 169 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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