Circumference

A biannual magazine of translation and international culture, founded in 2003.

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To pull
a strand of hair
from the bathtub
until you
pull her out
by the scalp

⊛ Three poems by Emilian Galaicu-Păun, translated from Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin and Rareșa Galaicu ⊛

https://t.co/BE3AYfIHYX

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All my missing pieces, grievances bundled together, all my mess

⌯ A poem by Turgut Uyar, translated from Turkish by Eylül Doğanay ⌯

https://t.co/0BqjAEbHm1

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I’ll be an out-and-out person in two days
In two days, you can fasten up my mouth and leave it behind the door

▨ A poem by Alireza Nouri, translated from Farsi by Marjan Modarres Sabzevari (@modarres_s37506) ▨

https://t.co/d03Xe0Lvec

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We didn’t hear a sound. We slept on our bellies,
then our backs. Our dreams gave off scents of sheepskin
and milk. They bloomed with chicory on the hillside.

⩊ A poem by Irina Yevsa, translated from the Russian by Jamie Olson ⩊

https://t.co/RUfppHgCZo

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The day must begin again
with eyes awakened in cold.

꩜ A poem by Carmen Castellote, translated from the Spanish by Robin Munby (@RobMunb) ꩜

https://t.co/pxPBBxAmLf

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what used to live
as a single point is now becoming a line,
stronger from hour to hour and crossing
every border shaded in by others.

⧝ From Issue 4, a poem by Aleš Debeljak, translated from the Slovenian by Andrew Zawacki & Aleš Debeljak ⧝

https://t.co/SJwNUlsgUw

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

literature in translation should be the biggest section of any bookstore tbh

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I said many words. I’m a loner, I’m brave. I’m scrawny, but I’ve got charms to compensate for that.

≜ Two poems by Kim Yurim, translated from Korean by Megan Sungyoon ≜

https://t.co/SZh0enzhE5

[Archipelago Books @archipelagobks]

In the spirit of the season, you can now enjoy 40% off our titles with the coupon HOLIDAY40 (thru 12/14). Our tiny team will work tirelessly to bundle your orders up before the end of the month! Happy reading and happy holidays, from all of us at the Archipelago office.

[Cory Stockwell @cory_stockwell]

I'm very grateful to @CircMag for publishing my translations of three poems by Simon Johannin, from his 2022 collection La Dernière saison du monde (published by @EditionsAllia): https://t.co/TkpMfqx8dx

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What to do, what to say
To cleanse the body of all its hungers?

⊹ Three poems by Simon Johannin, translated from French by Cory Stockwell (@cory_stockwell) ⊹

https://t.co/zZaMTi8bZW

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The name of the world is ocean,
ceaseless blue,
the thing that moves—

⛮ Three poems by Laura Pugno (@laura_pugno), translated from the Italian by Julia Nelsen ⛮

https://t.co/Cd0SslexQB

[Jack Saebyok Jung 정새벽 @daybreakjung]

Thinking of last year at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery when Elizabeth Willis and @PoetKimHyesoon read at the same Poetry Project event. Thanks again to @CircMag for giving home to my early version of Kim Hyesoon’s <Witch-type Poet> Happy Halloween y’all! 🎃👻💀🧙‍♀️🧙

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Waiting
I live in this place
of things …

⧔ Excerpts from The Trees in Succession, by Stéphane Bouquet, translated from French by Kenneth Reveiz ⧕

https://t.co/kc2Vq1T8h8

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“Why do you want at all costs to be considered an exception?”

∾ An excerpt from TO SIT ON THE EARTH: A MEMOIR by @tobie_nathan, translated from French by @JoyceZonana with Janet Lee ∾

TO SIT ON THE EARTH comes out this December from @seagullbooks !

https://t.co/yqtZZahrnY

[Susan Bernofsky @translationista]

I'm celebrating International Translation Day by translating.

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On your head being pushed beneath the surface, on and on again...

꠪ Three poems from from O by Judith Kiros, translated from the Swedish by Kira Josefsson with Judith Kiros @kiracecilia_ ꠪

O came out yesterday on @worldpoetrybook !

https://t.co/gbdZkc96Z2

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how to begin to explain
that the heat here is preferable to the one at home

∾ Two poems by Leanne Ellul (@LeanneEllul), translated from Maltese by Helena Camilleri ∾

https://t.co/180xIvplpa

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"His date of birth is only safe to put forward in the plural."

✾ From Issue 12, an excerpt from FARAWAY THE SOUTHERN SKY (@versobooks) by Joseph Andras, translated from French by Simon Leser (@Tiddlebits) ✾

https://t.co/8bxMZSyjBC