Description Countersong to Walt Whitman and Other Poems is the only book-length collection of Mir's poetry in English translation.
The eight poems selected include several of his signature pieces from the late 1940s through the 1970s.
About the Author Jonathan Cohen is a poet, translator, essayist, and scholar of inter-American literature.
Pedro Mir (1913-2000) is recognized as the Dominican Republic's foremost literary figure of the twentieth century.
Silvio Torres-Saillant (Ph D, New York University) is Professor of English and Chair of the Humanities Council at Syracuse University.
Donald Walsh was a translator of Latin American Poetry.
Peepal Tree Press Countersong to walt whitman and other poems: a bilingual edition, translated by jonathan cohen & donald d. walsh, paperback/pedro mir
