(Nausika II) what words did you whisper from the floor of your navel falsely and the voice and the glint of heat from your eyes...
Two Poems by Gili Haimovich, translated from the Hebrew by Dara Barnat
Meanwhile Refrigerator on the balcony, towels in the entryway. (Trash can shut and forgotten). In the cup next to the sink there are more toothbrushes...
The Transparent Eternity by Linda Berrón, translated from the Spanish by Samantha Memi
When she tried to open the door the key wouldn’t fit. She was puzzled. She couldn’t get in. She tried again, but without success. She tried the...
A Dress for Astrid’s Confirmation by Knud Sørensen; translated from Danish by Michael Goldman
By Knud Sørensen, “En kjole til Astrids konfirmation” ©1986 Originally published by Gyldendal, Copenhagen. Translated from Danish by Michael Goldman He could have said that...
The Explosion Chronicles: Interview with 2016 Man Booker International Prize nominee Yan Lianke
By Sihan Tan How does one argue for the burning of books? Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of China and mastermind behind her Great...
Translation by Max Thompson: Alexander Blok, Innokenty Annensky
Author’s note: All poems are representative of Russian symbolism and were written in the early twentieth century, Russia’s so-called Silver Age of poetry, which was short-lived...
Translations by Maximiliane Donicht: Georg Trakl
Radical Translation of Georg Trakl’s “An den Knaben Elis” by Maximiliane Donicht Updated 8/28/2016 To the Boy Elis After Georg Trakl Blackbird, your...
Translation by Mark Lager: Moon Song by Raoul Ponchon
Moon Song Dead moon white iron moon Moon which freezes new herring Moon eye of a whiting fried and frizzled Empty moon white blade moon...
TRANSLATION – From The Cloud of Unknowing, translated by James Bradley
Here beginneth the first chapter. Ghostly friend in God, thou shalt well understand that I find, in my boisterous beholding, four degrees and forms of...
TRANSLATION – Excerpt from Trash Bags by Enrique Winter, translated by Ellen Jones
Brenda crouches by the dog that’s been hit: its legs are together, the tire mark running from its backside to its nose, still twitching in...
TRANSLATION – It Looks Very Ordinary by Julia Butschkow, Translated by Peter Sean Woltemade
The bus stop’s shelter provides poor protection against the wind, which is really biting today. The bus runs only a few times per hour, and...
REVIEW – I Sing of Arms and the Guy
The Aeneid, Books I-VI, translated by David Hadbawnik – Shearsman Books. 2015. Paperback. 222pp. By Aaron Poochigian "The translation simultaneously undercuts the gravity of Roman...