how to begin to explain that the heat here is preferable to the one at home ∾ Two poems by Leanne Ellul (leanne ellul), translated from Maltese by Helena Camilleri ∾ circumferencemag.com/the-river-carr…

On your head being pushed beneath the surface, on and on again... ꠪ Three poems from from O by Judith Kiros, translated from the Swedish by Kira Josefsson with Judith Kiros Kira Josefsson ꠪ O came out yesterday on World Poetry Books ! circumferencemag.com/if-it-were-onl…

I'm celebrating International Translation Day by translating.

“Why do you want at all costs to be considered an exception?” ∾ An excerpt from TO SIT ON THE EARTH: A MEMOIR by Tobie Nathan, translated from French by Joyce Zonana 📚 with Janet Lee ∾ TO SIT ON THE EARTH comes out this December from Seagull Books سیگل ! circumferencemag.com/to-sit-on-the-…

Waiting I live in this place of things … ⧔ Excerpts from The Trees in Succession, by Stéphane Bouquet, translated from French by Kenneth Reveiz ⧕ circumferencemag.com/the-trees-in-s…

Thinking of last year at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery when Elizabeth Willis and KimHyesoon 김혜순시인 read at the same Poetry Project event. Thanks again to Circumference for giving home to my early version of Kim Hyesoon’s <Witch-type Poet> Happy Halloween y’all! 🎃👻💀🧙‍♀️🧙

The name of the world is ocean, ceaseless blue, the thing that moves— ⛮ Three poems by Laura Pugno (Laura Pugno), translated from the Italian by Julia Nelsen ⛮ circumferencemag.com/gazing-towards…

What to do, what to say To cleanse the body of all its hungers? ⊹ Three poems by Simon Johannin, translated from French by Cory Stockwell (Cory Stockwell) ⊹ circumferencemag.com/choose-which-w…

I'm very grateful to Circumference for publishing my translations of three poems by Simon Johannin, from his 2022 collection La Dernière saison du monde (published by Éditions Allia): circumferencemag.com/choose-which-w…

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I said many words. I’m a loner, I’m brave. I’m scrawny, but I’ve got charms to compensate for that. ≜ Two poems by Kim Yurim, translated from Korean by Megan Sungyoon ≜ circumferencemag.com/im-a-loner-im-…

literature in translation should be the biggest section of any bookstore tbh

what used to live as a single point is now becoming a line, stronger from hour to hour and crossing every border shaded in by others. ⧝ From Issue 4, a poem by Aleš Debeljak, translated from the Slovenian by Andrew Zawacki & Aleš Debeljak ⧝ circumferencemag.com/waiting-on-a-p…

The day must begin again with eyes awakened in cold. ꩜ A poem by Carmen Castellote, translated from the Spanish by Robin Munby (Robin Munby) ꩜ circumferencemag.com/is-the-sun-out…

We didn’t hear a sound. We slept on our bellies, then our backs. Our dreams gave off scents of sheepskin and milk. They bloomed with chicory on the hillside. ⩊ A poem by Irina Yevsa, translated from the Russian by Jamie Olson ⩊ circumferencemag.com/our-dreams-gav…

I’ll be an out-and-out person in two days In two days, you can fasten up my mouth and leave it behind the door ▨ A poem by Alireza Nouri, translated from Farsi by Marjan Modarres Sabzevari (Marjan Modarres S) ▨ circumferencemag.com/ill-be-an-out-…

All my missing pieces, grievances bundled together, all my mess ⌯ A poem by Turgut Uyar, translated from Turkish by Eylül Doğanay ⌯ circumferencemag.com/maybe-in-a-pla…

To pull a strand of hair from the bathtub until you pull her out by the scalp ⊛ Three poems by Emilian Galaicu-Păun, translated from Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin and Rareșa Galaicu ⊛ circumferencemag.com/the-words-of-a…