Swedish Poetry and Poetics: A Gathering

In the following pages, we present the work of seven Swedish language poets. John Mathias, Fredrik Hertzberg, Anders Lundberg, and Jesper Olsson all worked with me to make the selections. This Swedish cluster reflects boundary 2’s ongoing commitment to presenting innovative poetry and poetics in an international context and is an extension of 99 Poets/1999: An International Poetics Symposium, a special issue of boundary 2, which I edited three years ago.

The selection features Fredrik Hertzberg, Gunnar Björling,, Lars-Håka Svensson, Jesper Svenbro, John Matthias, Anders Lundberg, Jesper Olsson, Stig Larsson, Ann Jäderlund, Jörgen Gassilewski, Helena Eriksson, & Lars Mikael Raattamaa

— Charles Bernstein

Hertzberg, Fredrik.

• Gunnar Björling: Poetics and Poetry: An Introduction
  

Björling, Gunnar, 1887-1960
• Hertzberg, Fredrik, tr.
• Poetics; Poetry
  

Svensson, Lars-Håkan
• Jesper Svenbro: In Translation: An Introduction
  

Svenbro, Jesper
Matthias, John., tr.
Svensson, Lars-Håkan, tr.
• Kit for an Orpheus Poem; Syntagma; Propertius Mistranslated
  

Matthias, John
• The Co-Translator's Dilemma
  

Lundberg, Anders.
Olsson, Jesper.
• Five Poets of the Nineties: An Introduction
  

Larsson, Stig
Lundberg, Anders, tr.
Olsson, Jesper, tr.
• Distress or a Deaf
  

Jäderlund, Ann.
Lundberg, Anders, tr.
Olsson, Jesper, tr.
• From "Nature"; Kiss My Mouth; Purple Piece
  

Gassilewski, Jörgen
Lundberg, Anders, tr.
Olsson, Jesper, tr.
• To Catullus
  

Eriksson, Helena
Lundberg, Anders, tr.
Olsson, Jesper, tr.
• From Skäran
  

Raattamaa, Lars Mikael
Lundberg, Anders, tr.
Olsson, Jesper, tr.
• The Children That Float
  

Gassilewski, Jörgen, 1961-
Lundberg, Anders, tr.
Olsson, Jesper, tr.
• Close-reading of non-existing texts is a political act