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Sabrina Dalla Valle's avatar

Another Room to Live In: 15 contemporary Arab poets---Litmus Press.

Trilingual. Some Arabic OV translated into French, others into English. Accompanied by discussions between poets and translators for each poem---which takes you into the poetics 'between the poems'.

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Mike's avatar

Starting Myra Breckenridge tonight! I loved Vidal’s City and Pillar—excited to see how this one is

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Rona's avatar

Will finish Food Rules by Michael Pollan and after that I haven't decided yet.

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Christopher Frizzelle's avatar

I love that delicious decision over what to read next…

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Rolando Andrade's avatar

I am reading a collection of poems by the Portuguese Poet Eugénio de Andrade

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Christopher Frizzelle's avatar

Never heard of him. Thanks for adding this!

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Rolando Andrade's avatar

Here's one of his poems:

Penniless Lovers

They had faces open to whoever passed.

They had legends and myths

and a chill in the heart.

They had gardens where the moon strolled

hand in hand with the water.

They had an angel of stone for a brother.

They had like everyone

the miracle of every day

dripping from the roofs;

and golden eyes

glowing with a wilderness of dreams.

They were hungry and thirsty like animals,

and there was silence

around their steps.

But at every gesture they made,

a bird was born from their fingers

and, dazzled, vanished into space.

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Christopher Frizzelle's avatar

Wow!! This is an amazing poem. Thank you for posting it

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Poeticall Musicke's avatar

Havana Glam, by Wu Ming, and Humboldt's Gift, by Saul Bellow

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Christopher Frizzelle's avatar

I keep meaning to read more Saul Bellow. And I’ve never read Wu Ming

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Poeticall Musicke's avatar

Wu Ming is an Italian authors collective. Their first novel, Q, signed by Luther Blisset is wonderful

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Christopher Frizzelle's avatar

What a fantastic thing I just learned from you — thank you!!

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Brian Bouldrey's avatar

I've picked up the Mead again, too! I kinda love prude-Mary Ann Evans. I famously was a little prude in high school, too--some friends (still friends) cracked open a 6-pack of beer suddenly and I shouted, in my prude-iest Mary Ann Evans voice, "Take me home, BEFORE YOU ALL GET TOO WASTED." And now? I'll defend prude-ass Mary Ann Evans to the death.

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Brian Bouldrey's avatar

Also, I'm reading a collection of poems by Irish poet Declan Ryan, "Crisis Actor", and I wish I had written that little book.

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Christopher Frizzelle's avatar

What a great title! Sounds like I need to check it out

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Maggie Melvin's avatar

Barry Lopez - Embrace Fearlessly The Burning World - Essays

Also re-reading "There There" by Tommy Orange -- Love him !

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