by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Author(s)hip, Ioana Miron
Ioana Miron Ioana Miron s-a născut pe 10 noiembrie 1989, la Botoşani. A absolvit Liceul de Arte Ştefan Luchian, secţia Pictură. A studiat Litere şi Drept în cadrul Universităţii Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iaşi. Poemele ei au câştigat mai multe premii în concursurile...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Adam Day, Author, Challenging Readings, Hard to Grasp
Adam Day Adam Day coordinates The Baltic Writing Residency in Latvia, Scotland, and Kentucky. He is the recipient of a 2010 Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship for Badger, Apocrypha, and is also the recipient of a 2011 PEN Emerging Writers Award. His work...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Challenging Readings, Hard to Grasp, Kelsi Vanada
Kelsi Vanada Kelsi Vanada is a recent graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She teaches literature and creative writing for the University of Iowa, and translates from Spanish. Her poems and translations have appeared most recently in Berfrois and Prelude. She...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Challenging Readings, Hard to Grasp, Thomas Cousineau
Thomas Cousineau Thomas Cousineau, Professor of English (Emeritus) at Washington College in Maryland, was a Fulbright Scholar in American Studies at the University of Bucharest during the Fall 2014 term. His books include After the Final No: Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy,...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Gerður KRISTNÝ, International Poets, Poetry Shelf
Gerður Kristný Gerður Kristný, a fiction writer and poet from Iceland, is the author of five poetry collections, two novels, nine books for children, a travelogue and one biography. Widely awarded, her work has been translated into 21 languages. In 2011, the musical...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Cecilia Hansson, International Poets, Poetry Shelf
Cecilia Hansson Ice Suite Translation: Bernhard Hagen The Strait of Tjuvholm and the whole bay is packed with ice. Snow creaks under the feet, the sun sparkles in the back. I squint, but anyhow see all the way to the horizon. * Earlier: I was in some way...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Cia Rinne, International Guests, Interviews
Cia Rinne Cia Rinne (Gothenburg, Sweden, 1973) is a poet and artist based in Berlin. She writes minimal, visual and acoustic poetry in different languages, and collaborates on performances and sound installations. Her publications include the books zaroum (Helsinki,...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Sadek Mohammed, Where to Publish
Sadek Mohammed Sadek Mohammed (poet, translator, essayist and academic). He is the author of the collection of poetry Archeology of Scorched Cities (2013), the co-editor of Flowers of Flame: Unheard Voices of Iraq (2008) which was awarded the IPPY/Independent...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Challenging Readings, Hard to Grasp, Sadek Mohammed
Sadek Mohammed Sadek Mohammed (Iraqi poet, translator and scholar) is the editor-in-chief of Iraq Literary Review and a professor of Modern Poetry and Literary Criticism at the University of al-Mustansiriya in Baghdad. Grappling with Blind Owls or on Reading Difficult...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Cia Rinne, International Poets, Poetry Shelf
Cia Rinne Cia Rinne (Gothenburg, Sweden, 1973) is a poet and artist based in Berlin. She writes minimal, visual and acoustic poetry in different languages, and collaborates on performances and sound installations. Her publications include the books zaroum (Helsinki,...
