. . . . I AM VIVIANA GALLARDO HER NIECE My aunt Catalina was born in Santiago on December 3, 1945. Charming and cheerful, she was the second of four kids born to my grandparents, Ofelia and Alberto. When [...]
* In a recent interview with the online poetry journal Buenos Aires Poetry, Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, a contemporary Cuban poet whom I have extensively translated into English, states the following: Traces of Latin American poetry in North American poetry are [...]
1. In her landmark essay “On Style” (196x), Susan Sontag rejects the idea that style is something excessive, potentially ornamental, that exist beyond the true essence of the work of literature: the subject matter. Although, as Sontag herself points out, [...]
This review first appeared in Aftenblodet - Published on 2011-03-09 Translated by Paul Cunningham In Helena Österlund’s debut poetry collection, Words and Colors, the theme is language itself. Like Inger Christensen, her poetry consists of constant repetition and [...]
“Trap Poetics” [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] Accessibility Text This page consists of a more linear text, with a few visual elements which will be described. PREVIOUSLY… There is an image which shows a [...]
A Gujarat Here, A Gujarat There by Krishna Sobti and translated by Daisy Rockwell (Penguin India, 2019) The Partition of the Indian subcontinent into the nations of India and Pakistan was one of the greatest disasters of the twentieth century, resulting [...]
: my grandfather’s picture is gon-gon’s father... I never saw pwo-pwo’s father picture... pwo-pwo probably didn’t have it since her father died when she was 6 years old... yes gong-gong : next two pictures taken with my good friends... [...]
(Translated by Jiwon Shin, Lauren Albin, and Sue Hyon Bae with contributions by Rebecca Teague, Dakota Hale, Kevin Salter, Sierra Hamel, and Nicole Lindell) Harmony - ice water Fracture - coldness - moon Woman folding/expanding/contraction I [...]
poetry in action features work by poets from around the world, translated into English. It has three rallying cries: Poets of the world, unite and take over! Resist the oppressive constraints of good, publishable poetry established by mainstream literary [...]
1. In all of your work, there are a lot of “kanter” (edges) and “brott” (breakage, also crime). What do these words mean to you? The breakage: to live one's own death. Edges: to hang over one's own abyss from [...]