Dubravka Ugrešić’s criticism of Croatian nationalism led to attacks against her and other feminist critics as “witches” and “traitors” by the Croatian media.
Her last book “A Muzzle for Witches”explores many of the ideas she addressed in her life’s work:
https://t.co/KTi1Jpyf3X
‘The skyline is a hairless dog.
In our wake seagulls clatter like dented cans
strung to the exhaust pipe of a limousine –
its rear window: a shrinking rectangle.’
Two poems by Collin Callahan.
https://t.co/6m6zQ7wq2I
"Minds emanate from poems, try to envelop and infect us as we read; they want to take us over, and, if their intricate plans come together, they do."
Read our interview with @BorisDralyuk, Editor-in-Chief of @LAReviewofBooks! By @AliHintzPoetry.
https://t.co/ihjQExJhmB
A book stack every Friday. Today: Sergio Chejfec, one of my favorite LatAm writers. His prose beats around the bush, it’s meditative, slow, meandering and filled with unfinished messages that create a hypnotic effect. Open Letter has been doing a great job translating his work.