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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 9d

Attention San Francisco! @litquake.org SF Literary Festival will be taking place Oct 9-25!

Catch World Poetry translators Diana Arterian, Marina Omar, and Niloufar Talebi at their respective readings and talks on upcoming World Poetry titles.

Details here: www.litquake.org/2025-schedule

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 12d

Preorder SMOKE DRIFTS this #TranslationMonth!

In this @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social collection—translated by Diana Arterian and Marina Omar—Nadia Anjuman draws on “the lineage of Persian and Sufi writing and her life under Taliban rule.”
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Nadia Anjuman - Smoke Drifts — WORLD POETRY

NADIA ANJUMAN SMOKE DRIFTS: SELECTED POEMS Translated from Persian by DIANA ARTERIAN and MARINA OMAR

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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 12d

All October long @razomforukraine.org's acclaimed Ukrainian Cultural Festival will be highlighting the resilience and innovation of Ukrainian artists expanding the boundaries of contemporary art.

For a full calendar of events and tickets see below: razomforukraine.org/ucf2025/

World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 14d

Join Kira Josefsson, World Poetry translator of O by Judith Kiros, along with Youna Kwak and Caitie Moore for a reading Monday, October 6th, 7pm at Unnameable Books!

World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 14d

In this episode of Backlit, writer and trans. Marguerite Feitlowitz joins host Abena Ntoso - generating ideas for deepening understanding and creativitiy inspired by her translation of Ennio Moltedo’s collection, NIGHT.

NIGHT is available now from World Poetry: shorturl.at/4g6nf

Abena Ntoso - Night: Attention, Serendipity, and Hope in Language and Life

Backlit Podcast with Abena Ntoso Night: Attention, Serendipity, and Hope in Language and Life

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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 14d

Here's a new poem from Olivia Elias, author of World Poetry's CHAOS CROSSING, translated from French by
Kareem James Abu-Zeid.

Read "Hunting Game", trans. from French by Jérémy Robert: www.128lit.org/hunting-game...

You can also find CHAOS CROSSING here: worldpoetrybooks.com/books/chaos-...

Hunting Game — 128 LIT

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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 15d

Here's an excerpt from GOOD & SAFE by Liesl Ujvary, trans. by Ann Cotten & Anna-Isabella Dinwoodie, at Burning House Press!

Full excerpt here: burninghousepress.com/2025/09/21/t...

GOOD & SAFE is out 10/16 from WP! Available for pre-order now:
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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 15d

"Fernández’s hermetic, incantatory palm-of-the-hand poems provide their own continuum of roofs, an imperfect refuge from an extremely imperfect world." —Eric Bies

Find the full review of APPARENT BREVIARY by Gastón Fernández, trans. by KM Cascia, in Open Letters Review.

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Apparent Breviary by Gastón Fernández — Open Letters Review

A new volume of the famous posthumous verses of the famous Peruvian man of letters

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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 17d

TWO POEMS by Liesl Ujvary (translated by Ann Cotten & Anna-Isabella Dinwoodie) @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social

Poetry for BURNING HOUSE PRESS @thearsonista.bsky.social

LANDSCAPE // LABYRINTH

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Two poems by Liesl Ujvary

translated from the german by Ann Cotten & Anna-Isabella Dinwoodie *first true story (from “three true stories”) the fence is a window and the window is a room and the room is a tab…

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Open Letters Review @olreview.bsky.social · 16d

Eric Bies reviews a new volume of the famous posthumous verses of the famous Peruvian man of letters, Apparent Breviary by Gastón Fernández, out from @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social:

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Apparent Breviary by Gastón Fernández — Open Letters Review

A new volume of the famous posthumous verses of the famous Peruvian man of letters

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Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 20d

On Poetry: September 2025. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-... @wwph.bsky.social @cabockwrites.bsky.social @upittpress.bsky.social @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social #booksky #poetry

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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 19d

Check out some excerpts fro GOOD & SAFE by Liesl Ujvary, trans. from the German by Ann Cotten and Anna-Isabella Dinwoodie.

Full excerpt here: www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/09...

GOOD & SAFE available for pre-order from World Poetry for October 16, 2025 : worldpoetrybooks.com/books/good-a...

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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 21d

Today, Wednesday, September 17th, at 1pm, join poets George Abraham, Moheb Soliman and Mizna Director and Publisher Lana Barkawi along with Brooklyn Rail contributor Cole Swensen for a conversation on Zoom.

Details here: brooklynrail.org/event/2025/0...

Publishing-in-Transit: Mizna | The Brooklyn Rail

Poets George Abraham, Moheb Soliman and Mizna Director and Publisher Lana Barkawi join Rail contributor Cole Swensen for a conversation on Zoom.

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Tom Bowden @motnedwob.bsky.social · 22d

New arrivals from Winter Editions @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social

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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 22d

Join Molasses Books on Friday, September 19 at 8PM for September's Another Way to Say and celebrating new & forthcoming translations from Brian Robert Moore, Olga Mikolaivna, and Judah Rubin!

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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 22d

Join The Center for the Humanities tomorrow afternoon, Wed, Sep 17, 6:30 PM at the CUNY Graduate Center for an evening of reading and conversation with Cristina Pérez Díaz and Isabel Sobral Campos celebrating their new poetry books!

For more details: www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-rea...

Poetry Reading and Conversation: Cristina Pérez Díaz & Isabel Sobral Campos

Join us for an evening of reading and conversation with Cristina Pérez Díaz and Isabel Sobral Campos celebrating their new poetry books.

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ronslate.bsky.social @ronslate.bsky.social · 23d

"To know how to approach. / How we see the riddle of distance / from here to where the places we’ve lived thicken.": from 4 poems in Maria Borio's TRANSPARENCIES
@worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social book via On The Seawall
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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 23d

Read Tiffany Troy's interview in Asymptote Journal with Aiden Farrell, trans. of THE VITALS by Marie De Quatrebarbes, on the act of literary translation, colloquial gestures, and more.

Full interview here:
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THE VITALS is available here : worldpoetrybooks.com/books/vitals

World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · 23d

You can read an excerpt from TRANSPARENCIES by Maria Boro, translated from the Italian by Danielle Pieratti, at On the Seawall.

For the full excerpt, see here: ronslate.com/to-know-how-...

TRANSPARENCIES is available from World Poetry at: worldpoetrybooks.com/books/transparencies2025

World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations to Daniel Owen trans. of DOCUMENT SHREDDING MUSEUM by Afrizal Malna on being long listed for the The National Translation Award in Poetry!

The shortlists for the NTA will be announced on Oct 9, and the winners on Nov 6 at ALTA's annual conference.

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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Read some excerpts and M.A. Orthofer's close-readings of poems from GOOD & SAFE by Liesl Ujvary, trans. by Ann Cotten and Anna Isabella Dinwoodie, in Complete Review!

Full review: www.complete-review.com/reviews/aust...

Pre-order GOOD & SAFE, out Oct 16, at: worldpoetrybooks.com/books/good-a...

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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Reading this book is instruction in how it’s long since time that we relinquish the notion of national canons." —Mat Reeck

You can Matt Reeck's full review of THE VITALS, by Marie de Quatrebarbes, trans. by Aiden Farrell, at Jacket2.

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The force of chance, or vital matters | Jacket2

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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎉 We are delighted to announce the longlists for the 2025 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose!

2025 marks the 27th year for the NTA, and the 11th year to award separate prizes in poetry and prose.

View the lists here: buff.ly/PJoX7du

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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

Join the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research Fri and Sat, Sept 5-6, for "Radical Re-Imaginings: Classics for the 21st Century".

Among participants is Huda Fakhreddine, World Poetry trans. of PALESTINIAN by Ibrahim Nasrallah.

For more see below:
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Radical Re-Imaginings: Classics for the 21st Century — a Symposium - Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

The history of Classics is marked by no small forms of epistemic, political, and material violence. What would it take to radically reimagine the discipline, both in theory and in practice? How might ...

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World Poetry Books @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

"The mind of Gastón may be obsessed with the absconded God, but his commitment to recreating that experience results in writing that bears constant rereading." —Ian Pople

Read the full review of APPARENT BREVIARY by Gastón Fernádez, trans. by KM Cascia, below:

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Posts about Reviews written by The High Window Review

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