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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Alexandrian Sphinx by Peter Jeffreys and Gregory Jusdanis review – the mysterious life of Constantine Cavafy

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Constantine Kavafy Book of the day Review Alexandrian Sphinx by Peter Jeffreys and Gregory Jusdanis review – the mysterious life of Constant...
Monday, January 5, 2026

Kaneko Misuzu / Rediscovering the Life and Work of Japan’s Poet for Children

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Lost and Found: Children’s Poet Kaneko Misuzu Kaneko Misuzu: Rediscovering the Life and Work of Japan’s Poet for Children Yazaki Setsuo  Mar...
Saturday, January 3, 2026

Navel Moon by Raúl Gómez Jattin

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  Navel Moon By Raúl Gómez Jattin Raúl Gómez Jattin / Ombligo de luna I sketch your outline from the lighthouse down to the city walls Your ...
Thursday, January 1, 2026

Raúl Gómez Jattin / A probable Constantine Cavafy at 19

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  A PROBABLE CONSTANTINE CAVAFY AT 19 by Raúl Gómez Jattin Tonight he will attend three dangerous ceremonies Love between men Smoking mariju...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Poets of the Late Tang Dynasty

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  The Collected Poems of Li He trans.  J. D. Frodsham (NYRB, March 2017) POETS OF THE LATE TANG DYNASTY January 15, 2019 by   Matt Turner Mo...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Poetics by Juan Manuel Roca

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Poetics by  Juan Manuel Roca After writing on paper the word coyote You must watch out that the meat-craving word Does not take over the pa...
Sunday, December 28, 2025

Álvaro Mutis on Himself

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  King Juan Carlos of Spain with Colombian writer Álvaro Mutis at the 2002 Cervantes Prize ceremony. Photoshop by Andrea Comas Álvaro Mutis ...
Saturday, December 27, 2025

The Voice of Sheila Chandra by Kazim Ali

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  The Voice of Sheila Chandra by Kazim Ali (Alice James Books, Oct. 2020) Reviewed by AM Ringwalt KAZIM ALI’S THE VOICE OF SHEILA CHANDRA Ap...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

John Ashbery by Adam Fitzgerald

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  John Ashbery John Ashbery by  Adam Fitzgerald The Bomb July 1, 2014 Through his translations from the French, John Ashbery joins a body of...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Mark Strand / Eating Poetry

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by Sergei Sarakhanov EATING POETRY by Mark Strand Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I ha...

Gift by Leonard Cohen

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  Gift by Leonard Cohen   You tell me that silence is nearer to peace than poems but if for my gift I brought you silence (for I know silenc...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

As the mist leaves no scar by Leonard Cohen

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  As the mist leaves no scar by Leonard Cohen   As the mist leaves no scar On the dark green hill, So my body leaves no scar On you, nor eve...
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Steer your way by Leonard Cohen

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  Steer your way  by Leonard Cohen   Steer your way through the ruins of the Altar and the Mall Steer your way through the fables of Creatio...
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Escritor colombiano. Especialista en Traducción y Magíster en Literatura. Obtuvo el VII Premio Enka de Literatura Infantil en 1989 con Las batallas de Rosalino, el Premio Comfamiliar del Atlántico en 1991 con Caperucita Roja y otras historias perversas, el Premio Nacional de Literatura de Colcultura en 1993 con La muchacha de Transilvania, el Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia para la Niñez en 1998 con Torcuato es un león viejo, el Premio de Literatura Infantil Parker en 2003 con La negra y el diablo y el Premio Nacional de Cuento Jorge Gaitán Durán en 2007 con Mujeres muertas de amor. Autor recomendado por el Banco del Libro de Venezuela. Además, White Ravens 2014 por El niño gato. Premio Fundación Cuatro Gatos 2014 y Lista de honor IBBY 2016 por Letras robadas. Nominado a los premios Hans Christian Andersen 2018 y Astrid Lindgren 2022.
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