A Lebanese poet in California, Zeina Hashem Beck tends to the tension between Arabic and English, grief and...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Abdelrahman ElGendy
After years of searching, an exiled Afghan journalist encounters a beloved poet with whom she shares the loss...
27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Freshta Jalalzai
In anticipation of TMR 58 • MOTHER TONGUE, this new poem explores the painful self-silencing of a language.
27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Shahé Mankerian
Immediacy matters in this collection because it fundamentally alters how the poems should be read — not "about"...
30 JANUARY 2026 • By Sholeh Wolpé
A new book highlights how Kurdish female and non-binary writers challenge norms and push boundaries.
14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Matt Broomfield
This anthology, while celebrating last year's best literary translations, aims to highlight writing from and about a world...
9 MAY 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud
Poet A. Van Jordan presents his latest hybrid work celebrating Black youth, and examines Black lives lost to...
22 APRIL 2025 • By A. Van Jordan
A story of a self-estranged gay adolescent navigating his identity as an Armenian in Iran and later as...
18 APRIL 2025 • By Sean Casey
In untangling her relationship to a globally beloved text, Abirached provides opportunities to experience "The Prophet" in new...
7 MARCH 2025 • By Katie Logan
Celebrated Indian poet Sonnet Mondal presents work from his Copper Coin collection "An Afternoon in My Mind."
21 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Sonnet Mondal
A conversation in which two Arabic to English translators and scholars consider language and Gaza with respect to...
17 JANUARY 2025 • By Yasmeen Hanoosh
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha won the 2024 National Book Award for her latest collection of poems, "Something About Living."
19 DECEMBER 2024 • By Lena Khalaf Tuffaha