Asymptote Journal celebrate their 43rd issue with stunning new work from a record 43(!) countries, including poems by International Booker Prize nominee Stefan Hertmans in their Flemish Literature Feature and an exclusive with George Szirtes: http://asymptotejournal.com/jan-2022
Brick Books is one of the most decorated independent publishers around, with their unique all-poetry list featuring names like Margaret Avison, Parliamentary Poet Laureate Louise B. Halfe — Sky Dancer, and Karen Solie. Their books have won and been nominated for Griffin Poetry Prizes, Governor General's Literary Awards, Trillium Book Awards, and …
Derek Walcott, our 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award recipient, was born on this day in 1930. To honour him, his longtime partner Sigrid Nama donated 4000 books from his library to the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in Castries.
Edited by Wiam El Tamami In this special section on self-translation, authors and author-translators Mona Kareem, Khalid Lyamlahy, Deena Mohamed, Dunya Mikhail, and Ali Shakir reflect on what it means to transport their own writing from one of their languages to another. Lyamlahy, who also shares self-translated excerpts from his novel, …
On Tuesday, January 25th at 7:00PM ET, join us for a virtual reading featuring poets Valzhyna Mort and Michael Prior. Moderated by Carolyn Forché. About Valzhyna Mort Valzhyna Mort is a poet and translator born in Minsk, Belarus. She is the author of three poetry collections, Factory of Tears (Copper Canyon Press …