Circumference

Double Vision An excerpt from <em>One, None, and a Hundred Grand</em> by Luigi Pirandello, translated from Italian by Sean Wilsey

"I know you’re still bewildered, irritated, mortified by your disgraceful behavior towards your old friend..."

⊱ From ONE, NONE, AND A HUNDRED GRAND by Luigi Pirandello, translated by Sean Wilsey ⊱

Out today from @archipelagobooks.bsky.social !

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Game Over An essay from Abraham Jiménez Enoa's <em>The Hidden Island</em>, translated from the Spanish by Lily Meyer

“You can do this some of your life,” José says, “but not all. It’s too hard for how little you make.”

⨬ “Game Over,” from Abraham Jiménez Enoa’s THE HIDDEN ISLAND, translated by Lily Meyer ⨬

THE HIDDEN ISLAND is out now on IG Publishing! @igpublishing.bsky.social

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she blinks quick quick quickly Two poems by Brynja Hjálmsdóttir, translated from Icelandic by Rachel Britton.

Onehundredandeightythousandfourhundredandone men live in Iceland
and she’s in love with all of them

∾ Two poems by Brynja Hjálmsdóttir, translated from Icelandic by Rachel Britton ∾

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Displeasures and Felicities An excerpt from bruno darío's LANTANA OR, THE INDISSOLUBLE EXHALATION, translated from Spanish by Kit Schluter

They return at night with the same maxim:
I spoke with the myths, but the myths wouldn’t have me.

▣ From bruno darío’s LANTANA OR, THE INDISSOLUBLE EXHALATION, translated by @Kit Schluter ▣

Out this month from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social !

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I wish most of all to replace desire Three poems from <em>Theory of The Voice and Dream</em> by Liliana Ponce, translated from the Spanish by Michael Martin Shea

Searching for opposing centers
we will change the body entirely
—fullness is sealed in symbols.

⌱ Three poems from Theory of the Voice and Dream by Liliana Ponce, translated by @immanentfields.bsky.social ! ⌱

Out today from @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social !

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he is as plain and severe as his task From Issue 10, three poems by Najlaa Eltom, translated from Arabic by Mayada Ibrahim

Under the shelter of my heart
he is as plain and severe as his task

⊱ From Issue 10, three poems by Najlaa Eltom, translated from Arabic by Mayada Ibrahim (@mayadamayadamay.bsky.social) ⊱

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five apartments Five poems by Carmen Gallo, translated from Italian by Livia Franchini

The man got back home
by breaking the glass with his elbow.
He tidied the tables made a coffee
for the women asleep in the corner.

⁑ Five poems by Carmen Gallo, translated from Italian by Livia Franchini (@twoseriousladies.bsky.social) ⁑

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and then they were no more Six poems by Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, translated from the Polish by Peter Constantine

I hid in a shed by the lake
near Wlodava
sometimes they gave me some bread

⸱ Six poems by @g-kwiatkowski.bsky.social, translated from the Polish by Peter Constantine ⸱

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your shadow slips from the chair From Issue 3, a poem by Luljeta Lleshanaku, translated from the Albanian by Henry Israeli & Shpresa Qatipi

My head on your left shoulder
is valence zero; a grey metallic loneliness.
Freckles, spots of rust . . .

⚹ From Issue 3, a poem by Luljeta Lleshanaku, translated from the Albanian by Henry Israeli & Shpresa Qatipi ⚹

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The Buffalo A short story from Clarice Lispector's <em>Covert Joy</em>, translated from Portuguese by Katrina Dodson

“'I hate you,' she said to a man whose only crime was not loving her. 'I hate you,' she said in a rush.“

⊹ “The Buffalo,” from Clarice Lispector’s COVERT JOY, translated by Katrina Dodson ⊹

COVERT JOY is out this week from New Directions (@ndbooks.bsky.social)!

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