You are invulnerable. - Jorge Luis Borges, "To Whoever Is Reading Me"

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Worst thing to happen to book crit was getting mercilessly synced to pub dates. writer gets 97% of the coverage they're ever getting by the end of week 2, & if the book is widely reviewed (positive or not) in prestige places some of your would-be audience burns out on takes & skips the book itself.

Asymptote's Summer Issue is out, and the visual section features, if I do say so, two stunning pieces, including Assistant Visual Editor Junyi Zhou's interview with US-based, indigenous and Greek artist Anna Tsouhlarakis: www.asymptotejournal.com/visual/echoe...

Also out today from @ndbooks.bsky.social! Hélène Bessette’s debut novel initially published in 1953, brilliantly translated from French by Kate Briggs.

STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I'm grateful to Shoshana Olidort for editing and publishing this essay on translation, Walter Benjamin's "The Task of the Translator," and my own experience of translating Tzara. www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/169...

This is a map of Los Angeles. The arrow points to a red dot. That red dot (roughly) represents the protest area seen on TV. To me, the gross mischaracterization of what’s happening in Los Angeles looks like an excuse to deploy the military—to protect government assets like ICE.

This is the spirit of Los Angeles. This is California. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. #FreeDavidEndRaids

I'm grateful to editor Chris Clarke for including me in this Desnos Dossier (in incredible company). I loved trying my hand at this poem, which has been in my thoughts for decades. As I mention in my essay, I am enchanted by John Yau's "version," too. worldpoetryreview.org/the-desnos-d...

I was honored to have the chance to interview the incredible artist and visual poet Monica Ong for Asymptote's Spring issue! www.asymptotejournal.com/visual/how-t...

Excited to read at the Kensington Day of the Book Festival in Maryland: April 27.

Honored to share my essay about Robert Pinsky's "Forgiveness" in today's @poetrydaily.bsky.social <3

Today's Feature: In today's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Life In Public, Heather Green (@heathergreenish.bsky.social) writes on Robert Pinsky’s poem “Forgiveness." Read here: poems.com/features/wha...

Here is an excerpt from Heather Green's translation of Laure Gauthier's "between the words of Villon," in which the poet writes towards a new reading of François Villon. Featured in WPR Issue 10. worldpoetryreview.org @lauregauthier.bsky.social @heathergreenish.bsky.social #poetry #translation

Pass it along—D.A. Powell

I’ll be talking about translating Tristan Tzara, and honored to be be part of a program with Dan Beachy-Quick, moderated by Nancy Naomi Carlson, this Sunday at 3 Eastern, online: m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

I’m excited to share the new Asymptote visual features, out today, both focused on film, with gratitude to Junyi Zhou for this fantastic interview with Singapore-based film director Tan Pin Pin: www.asymptotejournal.com/visual/a-nat...

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A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014. "One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem" I hope they will return to their poem

Calling all translators! We're building a Bluesky starter pack for emerging and established translators—so that we can follow each other and be in community together on the World Wide Web. If you want to be included, add yourself to this thread, and share this post far and wide with your networks :)

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing. They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays. The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k. www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

An excerpt from “between the words of Villon” by Laure Gauthier, translated from the French by Heather Green, recently published in World Poetry Review, Issue 10. Check out more at worldpoetryreview.org!

Watching Varda in my Aesthetics class today. Wish we could visit this show in Barcelona!

As the visual editor of Asymptote, a journal of global literature, I’m always on the lookout pieces about work at the intersection of art and translated or multilingual texts. Usually, these take the form of interviews but they can take other forms (conversations, videos, and more)!

I reviewed Kate Briggs’s new book, The Long Form, for On the Seawall. Thanks Nancy Naomi Carlson and Ron Slate for including it!

Quote post with picture of graffiti from your phone. For a few years, I’ve see this one as I walk into work.