søndag 31. mai 2020

Cielo arriba - a poem by Raquel Lanseros

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As a way to unwind during my still ongoing self-isolation, I have been translating works by Spanish poet Raquel Lanseros into my native Nor...
mandag 25. mai 2020

On the popularity of Bede

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Venerable the Bede may have been, but not clairvoyant - Endeavour Morse, Endeavour S02E01 Today is the feast-day of Bede (d.735), a mo...
lørdag 23. mai 2020

Bendita alegría - a poem by Raquel Lanseros, in translation

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A few days ago, I posted a translation into Norwegian of a poem by the Spanish poem Raquel Lanseros, whose works have been a source of mu...
torsdag 21. mai 2020

The Ascension in Bellinge

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Today is the feast of the Ascension, which commemorates Christ's departure from the disciples after the Resurrection. It was an import...
lørdag 16. mai 2020

Invocación - a poem by Raquel Lanseros, in translation

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I became an academic in part because I find a great pleasure in reading being a key element of my work. Yet there are times in the academi...
mandag 11. mai 2020

Grains of sand - or, the disproportionate amount of time it takes to answer a simple question

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It is a familiar problem: You want to make a minor statement in an article, and you know that you have fairly good reasons to make this st...
torsdag 23. april 2020

Reading in the time of a pandemic

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Today is World Book Day, instituted in 1926 and a lovely occasion to reflect on reading and the place of books in one’s own life. Since...