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"sicher & gut" YouTube video by Liesl Ujvary

Austrian poet Liesl Ujvary produces mesmerizing video poems. This one uses text from Good & Safe, recently translated by Ann Cotten & Anna-Isabella Dinwoodie. Check out the video & our review of the translation: youtu.be/piUzuK_kr_4?... www.thetransformationreview.com/reviews/ujva... #Translation

a review by Sara Burant

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An excerpt from "MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (1475–1564)" by Haris Vlavianos, translated from the Greek by Patricia Felisa Barbeito. Featured in WPR 12!

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We've been reading Ann Cotten & Anna-Isabella Dinwoodie's translation of Austrian poet Liesl Ujvary's 1977 Good & Safe (Sicher & Gut). Monika Rinck has called this "the book of the hour" : www.thetransformationreview.com/reviews/ujva... @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social #PoetryInTranslation #Good&Safe

We go to the online pages of World Poetry Review when we're world-weary and need the refreshment and perspective poetry in translation offers, the beautiful dance of the poet, the translator, the page, the reader.

Announcing our first open call for submissions. The Transformation Review seeks reviews of and essays about poetry in translation for our inaugural issue. Please send us your work!! #PoetryInTranslation #CallForSubmissions #LitMag #Reviews #Essays

Save the date! World Poetry Review will be open for submissions for Issue 13 on Feb. 1st. Translators of poetry are encouraged to apply!

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Reality trumps a Poilievre oil fantasy Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's stand on a proposed new oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast flawed on so many levels. It confuses where most of the refining of our crude oil occurs, wro...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's stand on a proposed new oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast is flawed on so many levels. @rossbelot.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/23/o...

Twenty-Two Poems by Paul Éluard, translated from the French by Ross Belot @rossbelot.bsky.social & Sara Burant, in WPR 12!

Check them all out here: worldpoetryreview.org/2025/10/17/t...

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What the IEA's latest report says about the energy transition — and what it doesn't The International Energy Agency's latest landmark report looks like an act of surrender to the Trump administration's fossil fuel agenda. But when you look closer, a much different picture emerges.

Beware of fossil fuel enthusiasts touting the latest IEA report and its supposed forecast of endless demand growth for oil.

The devil here is in the details -- ones that tell a very different story than the headlines would have you believe.

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...

Why Carney's pivot to Keystone XL is brilliant, even if it's just a fantasy Keystone XL avoids friction between British Columbia and Alberta over a West Coast project that would never be built anyway. Poilievre still loses a favourite attack line, and Smith can still say she ...

Keystone XL avoids friction between British Columbia and Alberta over a West Coast project that would never be built anyway. Poilievre still loses a favourite attack line, and Smith can still say she forced the federal government to move on pipelines www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/o...

Karen Solie, Wellwater: poems BERKELEY HILLS, 2022 In Wildcat Canyon live the laurels. No rain in two months and nine days. Like girls do, the laurels grow from...

congratulations to Karen Solie, winner of the 2025 Governor General's Award for Poetry! here's my review of the book, in case you hadn't seen: / @houseofanansi.bsky.social ;
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Just released: WPR 12! This issue features poetry translated from Chinese, Greek, Faroese, Persian, Spanish, French, Russian, and Italian!

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Twenty-Two Poems by Paul Éluard Fruits of the day brooded by the earth A woman a woman alone isn’t sleeping The windows are lying down.

Very excited to have my and Sara Burant’s translation of the Paul Éluard 22 section poem L’Univers-Solitude from Éluard’s 1932 collection La Vie immédiate in the latest issue of World Poetry Review. worldpoetryreview.org/2025/10/17/t... @worldpoetryreview.bsky.social

The fall of a Canadian giant The new Imperial Oil is essentially a collection of operating plants run out of “global business centres.” That is, not run from Canada or by Canadians. This isn’t just a corporate restructuring. It’s...

That thud you might have heard on Sept. 29 was the fall of a Canadian giant that has been staggering around for some time. But it was once Canada’s largest oil company, helping drive virtually every major innovation in Canadian oil and gas since the late 19th century, @rossbelot.bsky.social writes.

Yet across the political spectrum in Canada the big ideas from #DanielleSmith to @naheednenshi.bsky.social, from #Poilievre to @mark-carney.bsky.social are #MorePipelines.

No longer surprised they don't care about burning the world down but you'd think they'd care about economics #cdnpoli #abpoli

The fall of a Canadian giant The new Imperial Oil is essentially a collection of operating plants run out of “global business centres.” That is, not run from Canada or by Canadians. This isn’t just a corporate restructuring. It’s...

My latest….The new Imperial Oil is a collection of operating plants run out of “global business centres.” That is, not run from Canada by Canadians. It’s the clearest sign yet that Canada’s oil story is drawing to a close. Our leaders still haven't noticed. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/a...

No problem, glad you brought up the issue as it’s a common misconception in this country. It’s true for Alberta without an export pipeline….but now we have TMX, which is an opportunity. Irving in New Brunswick thrives on exports.

A reality check on nation building We can either stay hewers of wood and drawers of water, or finish the job and keep the refining profit in Canada.

As owners of the Trans Mountain pipeline we should repurpose it for the benefit of Canada. That's a nation-building project worth doing, @rossbelot.bsky.social writes.

If you have a link to support that I’d be interested. My forty years in the business would say the opposite. Here’s some links inspectioneering.com/news/2025-04...

A reality check on nation building We can either stay hewers of wood and drawers of water, or finish the job and keep the refining profit in Canada.

As owners of the Trans Mountain pipeline we should repurpose it for the benefit of Canada. That's a nation-building project worth doing. @rossbelot.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/19/o...

Bike lanes win as Ford and Smith waste time on a losing battle The battle against bike lanes has never been evidence-based. It’s all about politics and the divide between interests of voters living in city centres, who are less likely to vote for Ford or Smith, a...

Ontario's battle against bike lanes has always ignored facts and evidence. Now Alberta is making the same specious arguments. My latest for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/04/opinion/bike-lanes-ford-smith-court-ruling

Mark Carney and Danielle Smith — It’s 2025, Not 1947 In the 1950s, the economy was the only concern — climate change wasn't yet on government's radar. That isn't the case in 2025, and our leaders should act accordingly.

Back then the economy was the only concern; climate change wasn’t on the radar. We should celebrate the vision of the politicians and corporations of the time. But we're no longer in that era, and leaders need to enter the new one, Ross Belot writes www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/31/o...

The Petro-Bros are Selling You Out How the hyper-masculine narratives of the fossil fuel industry lull us into climate inaction

Interesting piece by Kam Razavi, former Global News investigative reporter, on why Canada isn’t addressing its oil and gas emissions, I’m quoted in spots. medium.com/the-new-clim...

It's time to change the conversation about the economy and climate change It's time to change the conversation about the economy and climate change

Piece authored by a few friends and me in the Calgary Herald calling for real discussions on climate change by all sides. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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If oil giants are reluctant to invest in carbon capture, why should taxpayers? The fact that oil companies are reluctant to invest in their own giant carbon reduction projects speaks volumes about how they view their longevity. If anyone understands the economics of peak oil, it...

There's a reason Canadian oil companies aren't investing in carbon capture. The rest of us should pay attention. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/26/o...

Mark Carney is reviving the oilsands discussion — and it's giving me whiplash It's a fantasy that another pipeline will unlock new riches in the oilsands. But as long as the federal government doesn't pay for it, the industry is welcome to keep pining.

My latest op-ed discussing the shenanigans of Carney and Smith on the oilsands. and how they don't seem to be talking about the fundamentals. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/27/o...

Not Justin Trudeau? Prove It, Mark Carney — On Climate Canadians have been fed a steady diet of climate noise — photo-ops, grand announcements, and lofty targets — none of which have translated into serious emissions reductions.

Canadians have been fed a steady diet of climate noise — photo-ops, grand announcements, and lofty targets — none of which have translated into serious emissions reductions, writes Ross Belot www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/07/o...