Lebanese Poet Inaya Jaber, 1958-2021
Lebanese poet, journalist, artist, and singer Inaya Jaber died Monday evening after a brief struggle with illness, according to news reports.
Poetry
New Poetry in Translation: ‘On the Bursh After Dinner’
“Farewell to the prison bars and walls / Farewell to friends and our nighttime talks / when you divvied up the moonlight amongst us.”
Friday Finds: The Words Without Borders Mauritania Issue
“There are seven different authors featured in the special section, translated from Arabic and from French, writing in widely different genres and styles; their work provides visions of Mauritania both future and past, future fiction, ironic time-travel fiction, historical fiction set in the seventeenth century, and tersely expressive poetry.”
Friday Finds: Celebrating Iman Mersal
But there’s also much more of Mersal’s work to explore online.
Samira Negrouche’s ‘The Olive Trees’ Jazz’ Shortlisted for Derek Walcott Prize
The $1000 prize is offered annually “for a book of poetry by a non-US citizen published anywhere in the world.”
Friday Finds: ‘Who Are You Without People?’
“Don’t say such foolish things about people.”
From the Archives: Another Road for Syrian Poetry
“I have no need of a wall clock / or a pocket diary: / I know the times of my screams”
Monday Poetry: ‘In the Name of God’
“You, well of thirst,/ Black treasure in the wolf’s mouth,/ Let your lamp, that speaks miracles, light the name of Iraq.”
Sunday Submissions: Etel Adnan Poetry Prize & Institut Français
The Etel Adnan Poetry Prize is calling for submissions. The Institut Français is calling for applications for their program ‘NAFAS’.