Shira Wolfe

is a Dutch-American poet, writer and translator based in Amsterdam, whose work is situated within a multilingual space. After completing her masters in International Performance Research with a visual poetry project inspired by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, she lived in Belgrade on and off between 2016 and 2021. She is the author of the self-published poetry collections and artist books Wider Than the Sky (2021), Wider Wings (2022) and Fallen Angel (2023), and contributed to the anthology Vreselijk verlangen. Een verzameling smachtende Mammoetjes (Dreadful Desire, HetMoet Publishing, 2023). As a translator and copyeditor for the intersectional feminist publication series Archival Textures, she is committed to the ongoing collaborative, intercultural and intergenerational conversation that explores the role of translation and language in anti-oppressive movements. Her debut collection of poetry is Jugoslovenska Kinoteka.

Shira Wolfe on Jugoslovenska Kinoteka

Shira Wolfe on Jugoslovenska Kinoteka

Shira Wolfe's cinematic poetry reads like scenes from a movie, describing a period of her life spent in...

1 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Shira Wolfe
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