Jawdat Fakreddine Presents Three Poems
A major name in Arabic poetry, Jawdat Fakhreddine establishes a revolutionary dialogue between international, modernist values and the Arabic tradition.
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Judith Kiros Presents Two Poems from O
The work of Judith Kiros is "boundary-pushing poetry rich with references, as intellectual as it is playful."
A World in Crisis: Deep Vellum’s Best Literary Translations 2025
This anthology, while celebrating last year's best literary translations, aims to highlight writing from and about a world in crisis.
Poet Mosab Abu Toha Wins Pulitzer Prize for Essays on Gaza
Poet and essayist Mosab Abu Toha who grew up in Gaza under the bombs has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
A Letter To My Cruel Lover: Tripoli
My Tripoli breathes gunpowder, // … the city where mosques are bombed and streets get emptied. // … How can my Lebanon be their Lebanon?
Three Poems by Najwan Darwish
Najwan Darwish, author of nine books of poetry, on Palestine, love and loss, from his new definitive poetry collection.
A. Van Jordan presents “The Tailor” and “HEX”
Poet A. Van Jordan presents his latest hybrid work celebrating Black youth, and examines Black lives lost to police violence.
An Immigrant in America: The Palace of Forty Pillars
A story of a self-estranged gay adolescent navigating his identity as an Armenian in Iran and later as an immigrant in America.
Insurrection of the Spirit: Algeria’s Resistance Poet Anna Gréki
Gréki’s poetry expresses her deep love for Algeria while also serving as a powerful tribute to resistance against colonialism.
Palestinian Equals Arab Equals Human: on Najwan Darwish
The poetry of Najwan Darwish is “at once anti-nationalist yet profoundly and personally invested in the Palestinian cause."
Irma Pineda: Two Poems in Spanish, Zapotec and English
Irma Pineda's poems evoke tragedy and celebrate the ways in which the human is built from dream, tradition, and nature.
Sonnet Mondal: Three Poems
Celebrated Indian poet Sonnet Mondal presents work from his Copper Coin collection "An Afternoon in My Mind."
What Remains: Voice and the Poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad
In which Farah Ahamed remembers losing her voice as a result of personal tragedy, and relates to the poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad.
No Place to Be: On Wadih Saadeh’s A Horse at the Door
Alex Tan reviews the new chronology of poems from Lebanon's bard of war and exile, Wadih Saadeh, translated by Robin Moger.
Huda Fakhreddine & Yasmeen Hanoosh: Translating Arabic & Gaza
A conversation in which two Arabic to English translators and scholars consider language and Gaza with respect to the west's racism and indifference.