Darwish excerpt from Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?
The train rushed past It passed me by, and I am like a station. I don’t know whether I’m seeing people off or greeting them: Welcome, on my platforms cafes, offices, roses, telephones, newspapers, sandwiches, music, and a rhyme for another poet who comes and waits The train rushed past It passed me by, and
From Darwish’s Posthumous Collection
Standing Before the Ruins of Al-Birwehby Mahmoud Darwishtran. by Sinan Antoon Like birds, I tread lightly on the earth’s skinso as not to wake the deadI shut the door to my emotions to become my otherI don’t feel that I am
In Memoriam of Mahmoud Darwish
Today is the 3rd anniversary of the death of Mahmoud Darwish. For the occasion: A Travelerby Mahmoud Darwishtrans. by Sinan Antoon This road takes me; a horse guiding a horsemanA traveler like me cannot look backI have walked far enough to knowwhere
A Celebration of Cortázar and Observatories @ Vassar
Please join Archipelago Books on Friday, August 12, for a starry celebration of Julio Cortázar’s From the Observatory: Friday, August 126:30 p.m.Vassar College Observatory124 Raymond AvenuePoughkeepsie, NY 12604 Reception to be followed by a reading and panel discussion with translator Anne McLean,
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epsteinian: One end of the world. Beautiful photograph by Ian Epstein of the Portuguese coast.
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Jai Singh’s observatory in Jaipur, India. Taken by Julio Cortazar in collaboration with Antonio Galvez