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Translator Sinan Antoon reads In the Presence of Absence, by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, at an event hosted by Archipelago Books.
"Darwish melts and bends language, each line holding the weight of a poem; each paragraph the depth of an entire life."
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“You know why your father said he’d go? Because they told him that Jordan is a lot like Brooklyn. I said to him, “Phil, what the hell are you talking about? This Jordan is a country. I don’t remember Brooklyn ever being like a country, except when the Puerto Ricans came in. And then Brooklyn was like a country: Puerto Rico.”
-Steve Danziger, Some Other Mountain, excerpted from The Coffin Factory
His melancholy air, the way he had of constantly passing his hand through his gray hair, the care he took in folding his napkin before leaving the table—everything about him intrigued me; without ever having said a word to him, I was convinced he would prove an interesting conversational partner. I was not mistaken.
An excerpt form Bernard Quiriny's "Blood Orange"
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from Poets & Writers:
"Whatever kind of artist you may consider yourself, I recommend welcoming this thing that inspires with a decent place to be. Put water, vitamins, leafy greens into your body. Apples. Oats. Get plenty of sleep. Some exercise. Keep the company of wise and more or less sober people. Don’t smoke. Don’t watch TV. Do trust yourself. Especially when you’re honest with yourself, forgive yourself. Listen to your heart. Consider what it means to be an elder, then find one or two, and listen to them." —Bonnie Nadzam, author of Lamb (Other Press, 2011)
When I got to know Sister Juana, even though she was no longer a nun, I went crazy. No: it was she who went crazy, and I followed suit.
-Andrés Neuman, "A Hell of One's Own"
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