Poems for Births, Deaths and Marriages
20th January
The new year suggested a podcast about fresh beginnings, renewal and rebirth. Unfortunately, this is impossible because all poems are about death.
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PTC Online Translation Workshops: Iraqi poet Zêdan Xelef
15th February
Join our two-part online translation workshop with translators Bryar Bajalanand David Shook on the Kurmanji poetry of Zêdan Xelef, a poet and translator from Shingal.
Radical Approaches Reading Group 3- Language Hegemony in African Literature
6th February
Nigerian writer and linguist Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún will lead the group through an examination of African literature, the role of colonial languages and possible futures.
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Storytellers In Translation
To Love A Woman / Amar a una mujer
Revolutionary optimism, Paul Lafargue and a new approach to the concept of laziness
Diana Bellessi: Ecological Subjectivity and the Poetics of Biodiversity
Diana Bellessi: Subjetividad ecológica y poética de la biodiversidad
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A woman works
She spins. She embroiders landscapesthat the dream gives awayWhen crossing the lineof the forbidding King,the gazeand desire are unitedOn another womana woman rubs her moonof silk leavesthe woods riseContinue reading the English translationUna mujer trabaja
Hila. Borda paisajesque el sueño delataCruzada la líneadel Rey que prohíbese unen deseoy miradaUna mujer rozaen otra su lunade seda las…
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