The Fetus of the Dream Dream fetuses. And in the fetus dream, like a growing amplified silence— like ivy around nothing: I dreamed last night....
Selections from ‘Scardanelli’ by Friederike Mayröcker, translated from the German by J.D. Larson
life’s billowing waters Höld. actually deathlet Tübingen as we trotted along the narrow meadow path : the mead- ow path we trotted along the Neckar...
The Wine of The Soul by Hongri Yuan, translated from the Chinese by Yuanbing Zhang
The Wine of The Soul I woke up in a dream three million years ago I am a giant living in a prehistoric Palace The...
A Mistranslation of Dante’s Inferno, by Eric Shoemaker
amidst walk our life I discovered myself through a dark wood for the True path was lost when to speak is hard full trees strong...
Two Poems by Phoebe Giannisi, translated from the Greek by Brian Sneeden
(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...