by XO | Jun 8, 2018 | Ani Gjika, Author, International Poets, Poetry Shelf
Ani Gjika Ani Gjika is an Albanian-born poet, literary translator, writer, and author of Bread on Running Waters (Fenway Press, 2013), a finalist for the 2011 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize and 2011 May Sarton New Hampshire Book Prize. She...
by XO | Nov 14, 2017 | Author, International Poets, Lloyd Schwartz, Poetry Shelf
Lloyd Schwartz Lloyd Schwartz is the Frederick S. Troy Professor of English and teaches in the MFA program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He’s a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and a leading international authority on the...
by XO | Sep 21, 2017 | Amira Rammah, Author, International Poets, Poetry Shelf
Amira Rammah Amira Rammah (poet, translator) received a BA in English Language and Literature, and pursued an MA in Cross Cultural Studies both from Institut Supérieur des Langues de Tunis (University of Carthage). In 2014, she was selected to...
by XO | Sep 21, 2017 | Author, International Poets, Johannes Goransson, Poetry Shelf
Johannes Göransson Johannes Göransson is the author of six books, including most recently The Sugar Book (Tarpaulin Sky Press 2015), and has translated a number of Swedish poets, including Aase Berg, Henry Parland, Johan Jönson, Ann Jäderlund...
by XO | Sep 20, 2017 | Author, Freke Raiha, International Poets, Poetry Shelf
Freke Räihä Freke Räihä, based in the rural Degeberga, in the far south of Sweden, but born in Stockholm in 1978, is a reader and writer of poetry who debuted in 2001 and has published 14 books in total. Two of them are available in English. A minor part of her work...
by XO | Sep 19, 2017 | Author, International Poets, Poetry Shelf, Sadek Mohammed
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 | Sep 19, 2017 | Author, International Poets, Poetry Shelf, Raed Anis Al-Jishi
Raed Anis Al-Jishi Raed Anis Al-Jishi is a poet and translator from Qatif, Saudi Arabia. He has published one novel, seven volumes of poems in Arabic, one translated into French (Genèse de la mémoire passionnée) and one in English (Bleeding Gull: Look, Feel, Fly)....
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, International Poets, Karen Villeda, Poetry Shelf
Karen Villeda Karen Villeda has published two children’s books, Pelambres (Pearson, 2016), Cuadrado de Cabeza (Edebé, 2015), one book of essays, Tres (Cuadrivio, 2016), and four collections of poetry: Dodo (Conaculta,...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Elisabeth Berchtold, International Poets, Poetry Shelf
Elisabeth Berchtold Elisabeth Berchtold was born in 1971, in Sweden. Her poems have appeared in various literary magazines. Marialucia, Norstedts, 2012, is her first collection of poems, widely aclaimed by readers and literary critics. Kära Svan, Norstedts, 2016, is...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Daniel Owen, International Poets, Poetry Shelf
Daniel Owen Daniel Owen is a Brooklyn-based writer and member of the Ugly Duckling Presse editorial collective. He is the author of Toot Sweet (United Artists Books, 2015); the chapbooks Authentic Other Landscape (Diez, 2013) and Up in the Empty Ferries (Third Floor...
