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  • Anna Malihon | Girl with a Bullet

    Translated from Ukrainian by OLENA JENNINGS || One of the most important books of the year. || John Hennessy || Learn More

  • Birhan Keskin | Earthly Conditions

    Translated from Turkish by ÖYKÜ TEKTEN || These verses are dirty like the road of love. || Eileen Myles || Learn More

  • Liesl Ujvary | Good & Safe

    Translated from German by ANN COTTEN and ANNA-ISABELLA DINWOODIE || The book of the hour. || Monika Rinck || Learn More

  • Ahmad Shamlou | Elegies for the Earth

    Translated from Persian by NILOUFAR TALEBI || A poet of liberty and defiance. || Dunya Mikhail || Learn More

  • Nadia Anjuman | Smoke Drifts

    Translated from Persian by DIANA ARTERIAN and MARINA OMAR || The enduring hope and the songstress of her people. || Kaveh Bassiri || Learn More

  • Samer Abu Hawwash | Ruins and Other Poems

    Translated from Arabic by HUDA J. FAKHREDDINE || Poetry as visionary intimacy. || Brandon Shimoda || Learn More

  • Phoebe Giannisi | Homerica

    Translated from Greek by BRIAN SNEEDEN || A wonderful combination of the classical and the avant-garde. || Karen Van Dyck || Learn More

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Phoebe Giannisi - Homerica (2025)
Phoebe Giannisi - Homerica (2025)

PHOEBE GIANNISI
HOMERICA

Translated from Greek by
BRIAN SNEEDEN

Samer Abu Hawwash - Ruins and Other Poems
Samer Abu Hawwash - Ruins and Other Poems

SAMER ABU HAWWASH
RUINS and OTHER POEMS

Translated from Arabic by
HUDA J. FAKHREDDINE

Nadia Anjuman - Smoke Drifts
Nadia Anjuman - Smoke Drifts

NADIA ANJUMAN
SMOKE DRIFTS: SELECTED POEMS

Translated from Persian by
DIANA ARTERIAN and MARINA OMAR

Ahmad Shamlou - Elegies of the Earth
Ahmad Shamlou - Elegies of the Earth

AHMAD SHAMLOU
ELEGIES OF THE EARTH: SELECTED POEMS

Translated from Persian by
NILOUFAR TALEBI

Liesl Ujvary - Good & Safe
Liesl Ujvary - Good & Safe

LIESL UJVARY
GOOD & SAFE

Translated from German by
ANN COTTEN and ANNA-ISABELLA DINWOODIE

Birhan Keskin - Earthly Conditions
Birhan Keskin - Earthly Conditions

BİRHAN KESKİN
EARTHLY CONDITIONS: SELECTED POEMS

Translated from Turkish by
ÖYKÜ TEKTEN

Anna Malihon - Girl with a Bullet
Anna Malihon - Girl with a Bullet

ANNA MALIHON
GIRL WITH A BULLET

Translated from Ukrainian by
OLENA JENNINGS

Maria Stepanova & Eugene Ostashevsky - OVID VOID
Maria Stepanova & Eugene Ostashevsky - OVID VOID

MARIA STEPANOVA & EUGENE OSTASHEVSKY
OVID VOID

Maria Borio - Transparencies (2025)
Maria Borio - Transparencies (2025)

MARIA BORIO
TRANSPARENCIES

Translated from Italian by
DANIELLE PIERATTI

Liliana Ponce - Theory of the Voice and Dream
Liliana Ponce - Theory of the Voice and Dream

LILIANA PONCE
THEORY OF THE VOICE AND DREAM

Translated from Spanish by
MICHAEL MARTIN SHEA

Marie de Quatrebarbes – The Vitals
Marie de Quatrebarbes – The Vitals

MARIE DE QUATREBARBES
THE VITALS

Translated from French by
AIDEN FARRELL

Witold Wirpsza - Apotheosis of Music
Witold Wirpsza - Apotheosis of Music

WITOLD WIRPSZA
APOTHEOSIS OF MUSIC

Translated from Polish by
FRANK L. VIGODA

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