Friday Finds: 13 Poems by Youssef Rakha
“& I didn’t taste her lips / & company didn’t show until the final day I filled the space that’s for your body / consciously or lost”
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MPT Focus: 10 Emerging Poets from the Maghreb
The ten poets were: Zouleikha Elhamed, Fatma Krouma, Nassima Raoui, Cheikh Nouh, Faraj Mohamed Ali Aghnayah, Fadhila Bechar, Mohammed Rafik Taibi, Adil Latefi, Ashref Kerkeni, and Fatima Miftah Hasan Balkhayrat.
Kamal Al-Jizouli and Sudanese Sound Poetry
“A poem brims first with a forceful downpour, followed by soft, tamed sounds, resembling Khartoum’s twin-Nile miracle where the thundering roar of the Blue Nile meets the sleepy sigh of the White.”
Abdellatif Laâbi, Sahar Khalifeh Finalists for 2020 Neustadt
Moroccan poet, memoirist, and translator Abdellatif Laâbi and Palestinian novelist Sahar Khalifeh have both been named finalists for the 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Emily Drumsta on Translating Mahfouz’s ‘Sufi Noir’
“I was trying to explore what I’ve been calling ‘Mahfouz’s Sufi Noir,’ to see how and why he was drawn to both crime-writing and Sufi storytelling and the same time. When I read ‘Culprit Unknown,’ I couldn’t believe how much it was like a detective story—and that it hadn’t been translated yet!”
Sunday Submissions: ‘Kohl’ Journal’s Queer Feminisms Writing Workshop
The deadline for submitting a complete application is Sunday, August 11, 2019.
Guy Gunaratne: ‘And Yes, Galal’s Poetry Inspires Me’
“And yes, Galal’s poetry inspires me. He makes me want to sit at my desk with a stronger spine, be brave with my own writing.”
Friday Finds: Darwish’s ‘Red Indian’ Poem Across Eight Languages
“…K k’aaba’ob, che’ob beeta’an yéetel kili’ich t’aan, juntúul ch’íich’ ka’anal u xik’nal máanal u ka’analil ti’ jump’éel ts’oon.”
Sharjah Signed As Guest of Honor at Another 2020 Book Fair: Guadalajara
The latest agreement, in Guadalajara, was signed July 16.