Today, we’re proud to present an exciting selection of poems by the acclaimed Romanian poet Nora Iugatranslated by Adam J. Sorkin and Diana Manole. Don’t let their brief appearance fool you: these eleven short poems burn and slash their way out into the open with their searing language. It’s such a joy to feature one […]
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This Valley of Death is Not My Country: Poems by Nabarun Bhattacharya Translated from the Bengali by Somrita Urni Ganguly
Today, we’re excited to share the fiery poem This Valley of Death is Not My Country by the revolutionary Bengali poetNabarun Bhattacharya translated by the award-winning Somrita Urni Ganguly. In this poem, tand through his audacious metaphors, fiery rhetoric, and studied images, Bhattacharya recreates the dream of a world without state-sponsored violence, a socially just […]
Say Wallahi An excerpt from Ubah Cristina Ali Farah’s Il comandante del fiume Translated from the Italian by Hope Campbell Gustafson
We’re excited to share with you today the work of another 2019 PEN Heim Translation Grant winner, Hope Campbell Gustafson, for her impressive translation of the novel Il comandante del fiume by the award-winning author of Italian-Somali descent, Ubah Cristina Ali Farah. This powerful novel is the coming-of-age story of the teenager Yabar, and it […]
The World’s Greatest Barber: An Excerpt from Curl by T. O. Bobe Translated from the Romanian by Sean Cotter
We’re thrilled to share with you today an excerpt from the collection Curl (Wakefield Press, 2019) by the award-winning poet, novelist, and screenwriter T.O. Bobe, translated from the Romanian by the accomplished Sean Cotter. The central character in Curl is Mr. Gică, the world’s greatest barber, and possibly the loneliest. His shop is a world […]
My words would flutter above the mountains: Poems by Matilda Olkin Translated from the Lithuanian by Laima Vincė
Today, we’re excited to feature a beautiful selection of poems by Matilda Olkin translated from the Lithuanian by Laima Vincė. Matilda (Masle) Olkin was a young, gifted poet who was shot and killed by the Nazis along with her entire family in 1941 when she was only 19 years old. The story behind the recovery […]