Dark and Stormy: A Night of Contemporary Swedish Poetry

In conjunction with Litquake we present poet and translator Malena Mörling, reading from The Star By My Head, her striking new anthology of eight contemporary poets from Sweden (co-edited with Jonas Ellerström). Including Nobel Laureate Tomas Tranströmer, and published by Milkweed Editions in partnership with the Poetry Foundation, The Star By My Head is a fully bilingual guidebook to one of the richest and mostly starkly compelling poetic traditions. According to Ilya Kaminsky it “will help us to see ourselves in a new way.” Mörling will also be interviewed by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, and they’ll discuss the breathtaking poetry, the differences between the English and Swedish language, and the translation process.