Month: April 2016

The Poem for Which Dareen Tatour’s Under House Arrest: ‘Resist, My People, Resist Them’

via Arabic Literature (in English) & BY MLYNXQUALEY on APRIL 27, 2016 • ( 1 ) The year 2015, according to a new report by Hamleh (The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media), saw a surge in the number of Palestinians being arrested, in Israel, on the charge of “incitement through social media.”: One of the most prominent cases is of the poet Dareen Tatour, who was arrested last … Read more The Poem for Which Dareen Tatour’s Under House Arrest: ‘Resist, My People, Resist Them’

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Arabic Poetry Conference @ Boise State University

ARAB POETRY CONFERENCE مرءتمر الثعر العربي Thursday 4/21/16 3-5pm. Panel: On Arab Literature Today. Bishop Barnwell Room 3-4: MAGHREB: Pierre Joris & Habib Tengour present Poems for the Millennium Maghreb Anthology 4-5: MASHREQ: Osama Alomar and Faiza Sultan present the situation of poetry in the Mashreq. 6-8pm.  Poetry Reading by Faiza Sultan & Osama Alomar, followed by Q & A. Jordan AB Ballroom Friday 4/22/16 3-5pm. Panel: On Translating Arab Literature … Read more Arabic Poetry Conference @ Boise State University

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Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour Reportedly Jailed, Prosecuted for Poem on Facebook

via Arab Literature (in English) & BY MLYNXQUALEY on APRIL 18, 2016 • ( 2 ) According to a post that appeared on the +972 blog, Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour has been charged with incitement to violence based on a poem she posted on Facebook, shifted between prison and house arrest. In her first hearing, held April 13, a policeman translated the “Qawem ya sha’abi, qawemhum” poem at the … Read more Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour Reportedly Jailed, Prosecuted for Poem on Facebook

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“In an unlivable land”

Check out the amazing array of photos (& texts) with which Tom Clark has been documenting the disastrous history (and its remaining beauty & humanity) we are living through, stuck in, throttled by, day in day out, on his “Beyond the Pale” blog. It has become a daily moment of reflection for me.

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Happy Birthday, Jack Kerouac!

Possibly my single favorite piece of writing by Ti’Jean (March 12, 1922, Lowell, MA — October 21, 1969, St. Petersburg, FL): October in the Railroad Earth — given as poem by Youtube, in fact a prose piece, though its absolute beauty is exactly its genre-defying swing — writing at its most superb, writing to be listened to. Enjoy!

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Special Issue of Refugee Poetry, MPT Launches ‘The Great Flight’

via Arab Literature (in English) &BY MLYNXQUALEY on APRIL 6, 2016 • ( 0 ) On Wednesday, April 13 at London’s Southbank Centre will host the launch of “The Great Flight,” Modern Poetry in Translation’s refugee-focussed issue, ed. Sasha Dugdale: Image from the Southbank Centre. The free event, which is set to begin at 8pm, will feature performances by Syrian poet Golan Haji, civil rights activist and writer Nasrin Parvaz, and translator-poet … Read more Special Issue of Refugee Poetry, MPT Launches ‘The Great Flight’

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Mikhl Likht addresses Ezra Pound…

…in a poem translated from Yiddish & with a note by Ariel Resnikoff. E.P. After the Yiddish of Mikhl Likht A Ezra : Calm to no avail in classic banalities & offtimes magic clown not from breeding: Your pages — my out-dated prophecies. Your book — sesame for my psychic aventuras. I make a pact with you as you made a pact with the “Good Grey Poet” : I … Read more Mikhl Likht addresses Ezra Pound…

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