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Chloe Garcia Roberts, Mireille Gansel and C. Francis Fisher March 7, 2025

Don't miss this next "Another Way to Say" April 4th at Molasses Books. Catch Aiden Farrell, translator of our forthcoming THE VITALS by Marie de Quatrebarbes, along with others, for some readings in translation!

We're excited to announce that April onwards World Poetry will no longer be on X. Instead you can find us on Bluesky: worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social We hope you'll follow us over there and continue keeping up with our books and community happenings. Talk soon! -World Poetry

We honor Fatima Hassouna with six RESONANCES: texts & poems, translated by poet batool abu akleen.

Translating them was the most tormenting thing I’ve ever done, but she wants a Resonant Death. Non of us could protect her, but at least let’s talk about her as she wished. Don’t let Fatma become a number.

What does it mean to translate a literature that refuses easy consumption? A leading translator of Arabic literature, Robin Moger talks grammatical puzzles, insider jokes, exile poetry—and why maintaining space for readers is central to his philosophy. tinyurl.com/59y446bd

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In the Spring 2025 issue of ArabLit Quarterly (GRIEF) -- coming in five days -- we make a shared space to grieve and to build together from that grief. "May what we mourn propel us toward our collective liberation." - guest editor Abdelrahman ElGendy

The GRIEF issue is out today. Don't miss the many resonant letters at arablit.org/grief & join us in writing your own. Also, if anyone knows who took this photo, we'll pass it on to Matthew. "May what we mourn propel us toward collective liberation." - Abdelrahman ElGendy

May our shared rage & grief lead us to "new varieties of connectedness and association, new kinds of acting in concert" (after Paul Gilroy, Palestine in a World on Fire).

The GRIEF issue ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social, feat. a collection of grief-in-letters written to people who can no longer receive them; with writings/translated work by Alaa Abdulwahab Zahra Marwan (زهراء) Salma Harland Dalia Taha batool abu akleen Nasser Rabah, Olivia Elias, Samer Abu Hawwash t.ly/3YGjK

You embrace me into my soul. —سامر أبو هواش, from Ruins and Other Poems tr. Huda Fakhreddine | هدى فخر الدين, coming soon World Poetry Books

Our editors read the world—and this month, they present you with 13 of the best new titles in translation. From Italy to Egypt, Poland to Korea, we present a dazzling array of texts like 'kaleidoscopic puzzle-pieces'... Find out what's new in translation: tinyurl.com/mr2kpt2d

Happening May 15!

Motherhood and its Ghosts US-Canadian edition - May 2025. Translated from the Arabic by Robin Moger , Published by Transit Books, Sterling Lord Literistic, @szilmolnar.

Thursday Haymarket Books: Heaven Looks Like Us: An Evening of Palestinian Poetry, feat. anthology eds. George Abraham (they/he) 🍉 جورج إبراهيم and Noor | نور, and many many of the contributors (see image and alt text). In commemoration of Nakba Day. Donations to MECA: t.ly/8FzO8

Now in Volume, w/Palestinian poet Olivia Elias. "The question of 'how to write in wartime' is closely related to that of 'how to live in wartime.'" -OE. Interview: volumepoetry.com/Interview-Oliv… "I wrote": volumepoetry.com/I-wrote-Olivia… "Nothing to do": volumepoetry.com/Nothing-to-Do-…

goodbye alice notley — hard to know what to even say. she was one of our greatest living poets, but even this feels like a cliche and understated with respect to her spirit and work. love you forever

“Translator KM Cascia respects both sound and silence, word and void, in this sensitive translation.” —Dana Delibovi Check out some recent reviews for APPARENT BREVIARY in Asymptote Journal and Full Stop! full-stop.net/2025/05/26/rev…

Come out tonight at 8pm to Molasses Books for Us & Them, a writer-translator reading series. Tonight's focus is on french translations, with guest co-host Kate Deimling.