Arabic Translation Challenge: ‘An Angel Appears’
“The beginning, we choose. / But the end chooses us. / And there is no road but the road.”
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Sunday Submissions: Tolsun Books ‘Translation Chapbook Contest’
“Because we understand that competition entrance fees can exclude some writers, submission fees will be waived on June 15th and July 15th.”
‘Avarice and Fury’
spotted lion, tense/
tired of lockdown/
take the cheetah hunting?/
wait and pine/
Bulaq Episode 50: ‘Kitchen Talk’
“With special guest Anny Gaul, we talk about the origins of national dishes such as couscous and koshary; medieval Arabic cook books; and representations of kitchens and cooking in Egyptian literature. “
Arabic Translation Challenge #4: ‘Like a Lion with Spots’
“Abu Nuwas’s answer to The Tiger King.”
Sunday Submissions: Anxiety-related Translations
“For their thirty-ninth issue, ‘carte blanche’ editors are looking for a variety of works focused on anxiety.”
Etel Adnan’s ‘Time’ Wins Best Translated Book Award
“What’s not to savor in Etal Adnan’s philosophical and precise, yet intensely moving Time, thoughtfully and beautifully translated by Sarah Riggs?”
‘Their Beauty is Absolute’
“’Tis God’s good vines / our world entwines / o’erlapping sunned & / ashen lines / [yet all be wines.]”
Beshara Doumani, Brown University’s First Mahmoud Darwish Chair
“This chair is the first of its kind at a major research university.”