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Two Poems by Luis Alberto de Cuenca
translated from the Spanish by Gustavo Pérez Firmat

January 23, 2023 Contributed By: Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Luis Alberto de Cuenca

two witches

A witch gave you a pair of legs
(and other things I won’t mention).
Satisfied with your new body, you set off
for dry land. It was August and nobody
was surprised to see you on the beach,
naked and smiling

Filed Under: Featured Translation, Poetry, Translation Posted On: January 23, 2023

Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-jin
translated from the Korean by Jamie Chang,
reviewed by Jacqueline Schaalje

January 12, 2023 Contributed By: Jacqueline Schaalje, Jamie Chang, Kim Hye-jin

The daring viewpoint of a homophobe widow makes for a toe-curling, but also hopeful read in the riveting Korean bestseller by Kim Hye-jin, Concerning My Daughter, dealing with the loneliness and ostracism of a lesbian couple and a single elderly woman.

Filed Under: Featured Translation, Reviews, Translation Posted On: January 12, 2023

The Poem Under Gag by Abdellatif Laâbi
translated from the French by Allan and Guillemette Johnston

January 2, 2023 Contributed By: Abdellatif Laâbi, Allan Johnston, Guillemette Johnston, Michelle Geoga

light casting ambient shadows on a wall

Hello sunshine of my country
how good it is to be alive today
so much light
so much light around me

Filed Under: Featured Translation, Poetry, Translation Posted On: January 2, 2023

Of Bad Borders by Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou
translated from the Persian by Siavash Saadlou

December 19, 2022 Contributed By: Helena Pantsis, Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, Siavash Saadlou

"Dissociation" by Helena Pantsis

I am writing of the morning of fair dreams,
of the dancing of your hands; those beautiful
lithe hands that hoist before the new morning…

Filed Under: Featured Translation, Poetry, Translation Posted On: December 19, 2022

Two poems from Mes forêts (My Forests) by Hélène Dorion
translated from the French by Susanna Lang

November 28, 2022 Contributed By: Hélène Dorion, Susanna Lang

"Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Mist)" by Claude Monet (1897) from the Art Institute of Chicago

we hear the song
of fracture and desire
body like the tide going out
pale boat
lost in its night

Filed Under: Featured Translation, Poetry, Translation Posted On: November 28, 2022

Winter by Jasna Dimitrijević
translated from the Serbian by John K. Cox

November 7, 2022 Contributed By: Elizabeth Johnson, Jasna Dimitrijević, John K. Cox

"Iota" by Elizabeth Johnson

Since I moved away to a bigger city, I seldom come back home. Only for holidays and the anniversaries of a few people’s deaths.

Filed Under: Featured Translation, Fiction, Translation Posted On: November 7, 2022

The Street of Dolphins by Mujib Mehrdad
translated from the Dari by Sholeh Wolpé

October 31, 2022 Contributed By: Heather Hua, Mujib Mehrdad, Sholeh Wolpé

"Rabbit Procession" by Heather Hua

How I wish the sea would come 
visit the streets of Kabul and bring 
all its fish, no matter what their color.

Filed Under: Featured Translation, Poetry, Translation Posted On: October 31, 2022

Islands by Elena Varvello,
translated from the Italian by Jennifer Panek

October 24, 2022 Contributed By: Alan Bern, Elena Varvello, Jennifer Panek

"Bubblusion" by Alan Bern

On dark days, days when she thought there was really nothing important to be done, she had the impression that for women like herself, the world might just keep shrinking down until it was small enough to fit into a shopping list. And then everything would seem to contract, to the point where she couldn’t breathe any more, as if the walls and the ceiling were closing in on her…

Filed Under: Featured Translation, Fiction, Translation Posted On: October 24, 2022

Three Poems by Argyris Stavropoulos
translated from the Greek by Gigi Papoulias

October 10, 2022 Contributed By: Argyris Stavropoulos, Erin Williams, Gigi Papoulias

"Like a Feather" by Erin Williams

“At last moving day has arrived.
From today, another house, indeed more spacious and airy
drenched in nonnegotiable sunlight, will accommodate me
and all the things the movers are struggling to carry…”

Filed Under: Featured Translation, Poetry, Translation Posted On: October 10, 2022

Answer Yes Or No by Khairi Hamdan
translated from the Bulgarian by Katerina Stoykova

September 22, 2022 Contributed By: Katerina Stoykova, Kelsey Nichols, Khairi Hamdan

"Summer" by Kelsey Nichols

Answer the call of the flute—
the lost impulse of the absent poets,
the incomplete painting, the unrained cloud,
the prophecy of an upcoming confession—

Filed Under: Featured Translation, Poetry, Translation Posted On: September 22, 2022

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