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Poetry Month 2023: Radical Love

Poetry Month 2023: Radical Love

Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition is a stunning collection that showcases the love poetry and mystical teachings at the heart of the Islamic tradition. Accurately and sensitively… READ MORE

A Little Book True to Its Title

A Little Book True to Its Title

Richard Sieburth— The title of this never-to-be-finished book, My Heart Laid Bare, was also drawn from one of Poeʼs “Marginalia,” in which the author of the “Tell-Tale Heart” had thrown… READ MORE

Hocus Bogus

Hocus Bogus

Romain Gary writing as Émile Ajar— There is no beginning. I was begotten—just like you—and since then I’ve been lumbered. I tried to get out of it every way I… READ MORE

Alex Zucker on Translation

Alex Zucker on Translation

Alex Zucker— The influence of Topolʼs early days as a poet are evident in his prose. An urgent propulsiveness, the vivid depiction of oppressive atmospheres interspersed with candescent moments of… READ MORE

To the Unsung Interpreters

To the Unsung Interpreters

Nile Green— Today we take all sorts of cultural knowledge for granted. Few people nowadays have probably never heard of the Buddha or Confucius. Yet much of today’s global understanding… READ MORE

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