Elizabeth Bishop and Jorge Luis Borges
Roger McGough opens a caixa de sol, a box of sun, and presents a selection of poems by Elizabeth Bishop, Jorge Luis Borges and others from Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. The readers are Barbara Flynn and Tom Courtenay. Producer: Tim Dee.
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High Treason
By Jose Emilio Pacheco
Translated by Alastair Reid
From ‘Weathering’ by Alastair Reid
Published by E.P Dutton
Mimosas in Bloom
By Elizabeth Bishop
From Bishop – Poems, Prose and Letters
Published by The Library of America
Sandpiper
By Elizabeth Bishop
From Elizabeth Bishop – Complete Poems
Published by Chatto & Windus
Infancy
By Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Translated by Elizabeth Bishop
Both from Elizabeth Bishop – Complete Poems
Published by Chatto & Windus
Royal Mail
By Lynette Roberts
From Lynette Roberts – Collected Poems
Published by Carcanet
In the Middle of the Road
By Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Translated by Elizabeth Bishop
Both from Elizabeth Bishop – Complete Poems
Published by Chatto & Windus
River Plate
By Lynette Roberts
From Lynette Roberts – Collected Poems
Published by Carcanet
Matthew XXV:30
By Jorge Luis Borges
Translated by Alastair Reid
From Jorge Luis Borges – Selected Poems 1923-1967
Published by Penguin
Santarem
By Elizabeth Bishop
From Elizabeth Bishop – Complete Poems
Published by Chatto & Windus
Don’t Ask Me How the Time Goes Past
By Jose Emilio Pacheco
Translated by Alastair Reid
From ‘Weathering’ by Alastair Reid
Published by E.P Dutton
Lacandons
by Eliot Weinberger
From An Elemental Thing
Published (USA only) by New Directions
The Armadillo
By Elizabeth Bishop
From Elizabeth Bishop – Complete Poems
Published by Chatto & Windus
The Witness
By Jorge Luis Borges
Translated by J.E. Irby
From Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings
Published by Penguin
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Barbara Flynn |
| Reader | Tom Courtenay |
Broadcasts
- Sun 21 Aug 201616:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 27 Aug 201623:30BBC Radio 4
