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Brother Anthony of Taizé from KOREAN (South Korea)
Bones (Kim Kwang-Kyu: Ppyeo) 

Amy Babich from RUSSIAN (Russia/United States)
Nothing in the Mail (Mikhail Armalinsky: Pustaya Pochta)
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John Balaban from VIETNAMESE (United States)
Dressing Up in Her Poems—An Essay
Poem by Ho Xuan Huong
Girl Napping (Deo Ba Doi)
Poem by Anonymous
Three Mountain Pass (Theiu nu ngu ngay)

William J. Farge from JAPANESE (Japan)
Aged Geisha and "Young" Kabuki Actors (Baba Bunko: Geishi toshikazu no ben)

John Felstiner from SPANISH (Chile)
Sing Now If You Can, Hijo de Puta!mdash;An Essay
Song by Victor Jara
I'll see you Amanda (Te recuerdo Amanda)

Peter Filkins from GERMAN (Austria)
The Drugs, The Words (Ingeborg Bachmann: Die Drogen, die Worte)

Fred Fornoff from SPANISH (Spain/United States)
Of All Things Vertical (Pedro Salinas: De entre todas las cosas verticales)

Allison Gallup from GERMAN (Switzerland)
The Best Dancer (Christoph Keller: Der beste Tänzer)

Deborah Garfinkle from FRENCH (France)
Vampire (Karel Hlavácek: Upír)

Rimma Gerlovina and Valeriy Gerlovin (Russia)
Photographs
-Apple Tree
-Lunation
-To Be or Not

Eric Grunwald from GERMAN (Austria)
Sightseeing (Sabine Gruber: Wahrzeichen)

Kimberly Johnson from LATIN (Ancient Rome)
Virgil's Sex-Crazed World (Publius Virgilius Maro: Georgicon)

Rika Lesser from SWEDISH (Sweden)
Mozart's Third Brain: XCV (Göran Sonnevi: Mozarts Tredje Hjärna: XCV)

Hadar Makov-Hasson and Adam Seelig from HEBREW (Israel)
Killing Him: A Radio Play (Yehuda Amichai: Laharog Otó)

Zoya Marincheva from BULGARIAN (Bulgaria)
Without Prescription: Radio Scripts (Nikolay Tsakov, MD: Bez Retzepta)
-About Love and Pain (Za lyubovta i bolkata)
-Getting Pregnant Through Orgasm (Zabremeniavane chrez orgazam)
-Inheriting Skin Color (Unaslediavane na telesnia tzviat)
-About Heat and Automobile Accidents (Za zhegite i patno-transportnite proizshestvia)

Becka Mara McKay from HEBREW (Israel)
Recognizing the Body (Shimon Adaf: Hakarat hagouf)

Polly McLean from FRENCH (France)
Lobster (Guillaume Lecasble: Lobster)

Susan McLean from LATIN (Spain/Ancient Rome)
Three Epigrams by Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis: Epigrammata)

Jamie Richards from ITALIAN (Italy)
Jelllyfish (Giancarlo Pastore: Meduse)

Zack Rogow from FRENCH (England/Egypt/France)
Joyce Mansour: Writing from the Gut
-The rain that falls just once a year… (La pluie qui tombe une fois par an…)
-I'll swim towards you… (Je nagerai vers toi…)
-Do you still know the sweet scent of plaintain trees… (Connais-tu encore le doux arôme des plantaniers…)

Terje Saar-Hambazaza from ESTONIAN (Estonia)
Fragments from "The Prohibited Territory" (Karl Ristikivi: Fragmente "Keelatud territooriumist")
-I
-IV
-NO, DON'T GO! (EL, ÄRA MINE!)

John Oliver Simon from SPANISH (Columbia)
Signs (José Manuel Arango: Signos)

Adam J. Sorkin, Tess Gallagher, and Liliana Ursu from ROMANIAN (Romania)
Crucified Against the May Sky (Liliana Ursu: Crucificat pe cerul de Mai)

Niloufar Talebi from PERSIAN (Iran/England)
Love is Lemony (Ziba Karbassi: Eshgh Leemoo’eest)

Livia Varju from HUNGARIAN (Hungary)
Two Poems by Tibor Tollas
-In Praise of Pork (Malacköszöntö)
-You Too Will Fall (Kidölsz te is)

 

 
 
last update: May 11, 2005