Randi Ward

Poet | Translator | Lyricist | Photographer | West Virginian

[Ace Boggess @AceBoggess]

I must be losing my mind. I almost forgot to announce that it's officially release day for my eighth book Tell Us How to Live, now available from Fernwood Press. This is probably my best book since The Prisoners. It's filled with question poems, the best of them.

[World Poetry Review @worldpoetryrev]

Just released: WPR 12! This issue features poetry translated from Chinese, Greek, Faroese, Persian, Spanish, French, Russian, and Italian!
Check it out! https://t.co/Mi69U0q29e
@rossbelot @georginamegan_ @randi_ward @NiloufarTalebi @GigiAthens

#poetry #poem #translation

[World Poetry Review @worldpoetryrev]

Check out seven poems by Kim Simonsen, translated from the Faroese by Randi Ward @randi_ward , in WPR 12!

https://t.co/IyO4kURIJb

#poems #poem #poetry #translation

[The Orange Rose Literary Magazine @OrangeRoseMag]

Meet Ace Boggess, one of our contributors included in Issue 2! Go check out his poem "Turkey Lane" on our website!

[Ace Boggess @AceBoggess]

I know I'm still pushing my new (seventh) book, but my eighth finally has an official release date from Fernwood Press on Nov. 25, and so this is sort of cover reveal.
#booktwt

https://t.co/KY97aFgvyo

[Mōtus Audāx Press | Submissions Open @motusaudax]

Out today from Mōtus Audāx Press:
My Pandemic/Gratitude List by Ace Boggess
An exceptional book of poetry coupling early days of the pandemic w/lists of gratitude encompassing myriad facets of his life.
https://t.co/bBtErQbtft
#mypandemicgratitudelist #motusaudaxpress #published

[Matthias Friedrich @nordicnovellas]

Happy publication day to SCHATTENFROH! And thank you to @TheUntranslated for advocating for it, to @maxdaniellawton for translating it, and to @DeepVellum for publishing it. It was an honor to edit this novel!

[Deep Vellum @DeepVellum]

“What Good Does It Do…” is a bilingual edition, intended to alternate between the original Faroese in white text on black paper, and the translation in black text on white paper. The technical complexities of achieving this have delayed the book, but it is well worth the wait.

[Deep Vellum @DeepVellum]

Hey everyone, we are very sorry to announce that we are delaying the publication of Kim Simonsen’s “What Good Does It Do…”, Michael Lentz’s “Schattenfroh” and Vladimir Sorokin’s “The Sugar Kremlin”

[SouthernHumanitiesReview @SouthernHReview]

Walk through a pawpaw patch in "Groundwork" by @randi_ward

Find more Appalachian poetry from our spring issue: https://t.co/9uBnTOq5Km

#litmag #writingcommunity #poetry

[Kaija Straumanis @kmstraumane]

@open_letter is publishing writer-in-exile Dmitry Bykov's VZ: @ZelenskyyUa AND THE MAKING OF A NATION this year. It's a remarkable piece of reportage and political-historical receipts (aka truths). I wish everyone and their grandma would read it as well. Slava Ukraini!!

[Max Lawton @maxdaniellawton]

Burgeoning authoritarian cancels grant to independent publisher — preorder our book about the legacy of totalitarianism to help make up the 20k shortfall https://t.co/Pl9maQGTtD

[Deep Vellum @DeepVellum]

Guest edited by Pulitzer Prize winner Cristina Rivera Garza, BEST LITERARY TRANSLATIONS 2025 features a diverse mix of poetry and prose, originally written in nearly two-dozen languages, brought into English by the most talented translators working today.

AVAILABLE NOW!

[Will Evans @willevans]

Schattenfroh & Sugar Kremlin are two of the projects targeted by the politically weaponized Trumpist NEA canceling Deep Vellum’s grant for this year. They can’t cancel literature, they can’t cancel dialogue. Donate & let’s fight this bullshit together! https://t.co/Suy95wmNoL

[SouthernHumanitiesReview @SouthernHReview]

@EnyiNnabuihe Poetry by @WillieETCarver, Bernard Clay, Dorian Hairston, Pauletta Hansel, Marc Harshman, Jane Hicks, Silas House, Lisa J. Parker, @randi_ward, William Woolfitt, & Marianne Worthington.

[WV Federation of Democratic Women @WVFDW]

Congressman Riley Moore refuses to respond to his constituents requests for Town Hall meetings.
We must assume he prefers posing in front of cages in El Salvador.

Do NOT remain silent.
DC: 202-225-2711
Morgantown: 304-350-6995
Martinsburg: 304-350-6987

[justice @JusticeHudson97]

Riley Moore can’t schedule a town hall in his district because he’s too busy giving two thumbs up at a foreign prison the president suggested sending American citizens to.

[Kate Tsurkan 🇺🇦 @TsurkanKate]

I wrote about Ukrainian artist Marharyta Polovinko, who painted the horror of war with her own blood, and was killed on April 5 defending Ukraine against Russia on the front line. My latest for @KyivIndependent.

https://t.co/yKkr3xMqnJ

[Amelia Knisely @ameliaknisely]

After lengthy debate, the House just passed a bill that will ban all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices and policies in West Virginia government and schools. https://t.co/NlWKGEqIPg

[Brad McElhinny @BradMcElhinny]

West Virginia lawmakers completed legislation asserting ultimate say-so over state Board of Education policies — even though citizens rejected that in a statewide vote just a few years ago.

https://t.co/p87xSCVgub