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The Universe, All at Once: An Interview with Salim Barakat

(Excerpted from The Universe, All at Once, poems selected by Salim Barakat and translated by Huda Fakhreddine, out now from Seagull Books) After having written about him for years without direct contact, my first collaboration with Salim Barakat was The Universe, All at Once, a translation of auto-selections from his later poetry, followed by a […]

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(Excerpted from The Universe, All at Once, poems selected by Salim Barakat and translated by Huda Fakhreddine, out now from Seagull Books) After having written about him for years without direct contact, my first collaboration with Salim Barakat was The Universe, All at Once, a translation of auto-selections from his later poetry, followed by a

I Have Been Born Three Times: An Interview With Adonis, Part Two

Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part interview, the first installment of which appears here. Adonis is the pen name adopted by Ali Ahmad Said Esber. Born in 1930 in the Syrian village of Qassabin, the 13-year-old Ali knew that he was destined to be a poet. When he heard that the

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Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part interview, the first installment of which appears here. Adonis is the pen name adopted by Ali Ahmad Said Esber. Born in 1930 in the Syrian village of Qassabin, the 13-year-old Ali knew that he was destined to be a poet. When he heard that the

I Have Been Born Three Times: An Interview with Adonis

Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part interview, the second part will be published on July 1. Adonis is the pen name adopted by Ali Ahmad Said Esber. Born in 1930 in the Syrian village of Qassabin, the 13-year-old Ali knew that he was destined to be a poet. When he heard that

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Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part interview, the second part will be published on July 1. Adonis is the pen name adopted by Ali Ahmad Said Esber. Born in 1930 in the Syrian village of Qassabin, the 13-year-old Ali knew that he was destined to be a poet. When he heard that

Foreword: Decades of Fire

You are here because you have recognized the trap of the “Middle East” or have just fallen into it. The trap is the Middle East as a made-up thing, a construct of history and treacherous geography, the Middle East as an American trope, a stage for identity politics. In the American minefield of labels and

Foreword: Decades of Fire Read More »

You are here because you have recognized the trap of the “Middle East” or have just fallen into it. The trap is the Middle East as a made-up thing, a construct of history and treacherous geography, the Middle East as an American trope, a stage for identity politics. In the American minefield of labels and

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