And ICYMI, several translator friends and I are trying to raise funds for young poet Nadine Murtaja & her family to evacuate from Gaza. We'd love to reach at least $23,000: the equivalent of 4 PEN translation awards since we started fundraising 🤞

gofundme.com/f/mrv2dj-compl…

Why is “I don’t want thousands of people to die violently” such a controversial position I don’t understand

“the Estate of Jean Stein has directed PEN America to donate the $75,000 award to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund” 🖤

special edition pamphlet of poems from Judas Goat translated into Spanish by the brilliant Bárbara Bianchi Ceballos & printed on what is frankly the sexiest paper I’ve ever touched ~~~

Everyone’s attentiveness, warmth, & depth of engagement last night in Madrid was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in the U.S.—packed house in the bookshop & then we all went out to drink & chat about translation, poems, & ghosts until 3am, an absolute dream

We Contain Landscapes by Patrycja coming to change my life & yours in early 2025!!!

Tonight! 👇👇

beautiful bilingual pamphlet of Judas Goat poems & translations at Desperate Literature—my heart 😭

[see you there tonight for LaNochedelosLibros!] 8pm

Clarice ♥️

Event this FRIDAY!!!!
20h for LaNochedelosLibros

“I implore my USC classmates to think outside the box—to work towards a world where cries for equality and human dignity are not manipulated to be expressions of hatred… to support justice for all people, including the Palestinian people.”

Judas Goat at the dreamy Desperate Literature in Madrid~~~~~ (reading here Friday 🎀)

Love seeing Debutiful feature 3 Tin House debut poetry collections in their list of books for National Poetry Month!✨🩵

- Judas Goat by Gabrielle Bates
- The Palace of Forty Pillars by AD
&
- Good Dress by Brittany Rogers (she/her)

debutiful.net/2024/04/16/20-…

Happy #nationalpoetrymonth ! We rounded up 20 recent and forthcoming debut poetry collections that readers should check out!

debutiful.net/2024/04/16/20-…

A beautiful interview with beloved Sarah Ghazal Ali 🖤 I feel so fortunate to live & write alongside this poet’s wise, thoughtful brilliance, into / through / around the possibilities of image

Do I know anyone who will be in Madrid this Friday, April 19th? (come hang out with me at Desperate Literature, one of my favorite bookstores in the world)