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.”
London. Seagull Books. 2021. 124 pages.
ALAIN MABANCKOU, anative of the Congo and a longtime professor at UCLA, is one of the world’s leading francophone authors. If...
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...
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[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...
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’...
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[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...