tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post7318263087612088980..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: What Estonians translate - poetry & historyDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-6662204274992433152009-03-31T17:29:00.000+01:002009-03-31T17:29:00.000+01:00I looked online for some 1934 covers, but of the 1...I looked online for some 1934 covers, but of the 1930s issues could only find covers for 1937. In your new post I've included a photo of bound sets of Looming for the 1930s - if you don't like it, I'll take it down.David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-86394411388684878382009-03-31T14:30:00.000+01:002009-03-31T14:30:00.000+01:00I have a random selection of Loomings, part bound,...I have a random selection of Loomings, part bound, part loose copies. And I have no mobile-phone camera. But I will set up a new blog entry here, with some description of the covers and, equally important, a few more glimpses at the contents beyond poetry.<BR/><BR/>My avowed intention is to demonstrate, as clearly as I can, that despite the authoritarian régime of President Konstantin Päts, Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-48753165189244939882009-03-30T21:52:00.000+01:002009-03-30T21:52:00.000+01:00It's great that you have those copies of Looming. ...It's great that you have those copies of Looming. Could you photograph the covers of some of them and post them here, maybe? <BR/><BR/>Re British online literary magazines like Electric Verses - I wonder if there are any?David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-55722290481177584382009-03-30T21:37:00.000+01:002009-03-30T21:37:00.000+01:00Yes, you have to remember that it is a minor mirac...Yes, you have to remember that it is a minor miracle that I possess copies of quite random years of "Looming" from the 1920s and 1930s and, as it happens, the whole crucial year of 1940. Just leafing through what ended up as ten issues for that year, instead of the usual annual twelve, tells the whole story of cultural murder rather graphically.<BR/><BR/>It is a minor miracle that I have these Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-25625391830295888772009-03-30T19:05:00.000+01:002009-03-30T19:05:00.000+01:00Wham indeed, Eric. Just reading about these things...Wham indeed, Eric. Just reading about these things gives me a cold shiver down my spine.David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.com