For the first time this year, The White Review Poet’s Prize was open to poets based anywhere in the world. Last month we announced a shortlist of eight poets. ...
Shaun Whiteside’s most recent translations from German include The Giraffe’s Neck by Judith Schalansky (Bloomsbury) and Swansong ’45 by Walter Kempowski (Granta).
On the Aegean island of Skyros, in the Carnival period immediately preceding Lent, a more ancient ritual takes place. Male inhabitants don an animal-like...