Editorial
When Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort founded MPT in 1966 they had two principal ambitions: to publish poetry that dealt truthfully with the real contemporary world, and to benefit writers and the reading public in Britain and America by confronting them with good work from abroad. (For history and archive visit http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=3021&inst_id=6)
The new editors of MPT continue in that tradition. The real circumstances of the world have changed, but they are every bit as pressing as they were when the magazine began. And as the English language marches towards an apparent hegemony, the need for its readers and writers to be confronted by what is foreign, is greater still.
The Editors, David and Helen Constantine.
To find out more about MPT, read an extract of the Editorial to Diaspora (Series 3, Number 2) or browse the content area for work which has appeared in recent issues