Marie Ponsot

Faiz Ahmed Faiz, adapted by Agha Shahid Ali

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"Translation, to me, is a political act in addition to everything else that it can be as a literary, aesthetic or academic practice. The Mir book is my way of bearing witness to South Asia’s multilingual and cultural diversity. It embodies my rejection of the falsehood that Urdu

I'm in the early stages of organising some sort of network for people who are actively translating poetry, and publishing (or hoping to publish) their translations. If you might be interested, be in touch. And do please retweet!

We are both proud and humbled to be producing an issue filled with the immense talent of our wonderful contributors listed in the cover. Due to the nature of the issue, please take care when perusing its pages. Where possible, we have outlined specific content warnings.

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In a time of destruction, we need the poem. Poetry is the last defense of the soul against annihilation.

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Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant—there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.” Georgia O’Keeffe 🙏🏽🤲🏽🥰🥰🥰

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