Nancy Naomi Carlson

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Nancy Naomi Carlson, poet and translator, received an NEA fellowship to translate Mabanckou’s poetry. The New York Times called her latest collection “new and noteworthy.”

As Long as Trees Take Root in the Earth by Alain Mabanckou
By Alain Mabanckou

Alain Mabanckou
London. Seagull Books. 2021. 124 pages. ALAIN MABANCKOU, a native of the Congo and a longtime professor at UCLA, is one of the world’s leading francophone authors. If…
Cargo Hold of Stars: Coolitude by Khal Torabully
By Khal Torabully

Khal Torabully
Kolkata. Seagull Books. 2021. 200 pages. THROUGH NANCY NAOMI CARLSON’S translation of the French original, anglophone readers finally have access to Khal Torabully’s groundbreaking po…
Two Francophone Poems
By Alain Mabanckou
Summer 2020
Alain Mabanckou
Photo: Glenn Ruben Berg / Unsplash [draw your strength] draw your strength from the lifeless leaf break all bonds until you can tie your fate to the baobab trunk don’t hold within yourself any dr…
The Dancing Other by Suzanne Dracius
By Suzanne Dracius

Suzanne Dracius
Calcutta. Seagull Books. 2018. 256 pages. Who am I? And who are you? Suzanne Dracius explores identity in her recently translated novel, The Dancing Other. First published in French as L’…
Three Poems
By Khal Torabully
Winter 2019
Khal Torabully
Photo: Michael Olsen/Unsplash[Carry my metaphor] Carry my metaphor; I touched the sea before waves deceived me. Carry my dream; I saw it all without opening eyes of salt. Carry my soul; I met deat…