Category: Poetry
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Nine Questions for Lit Div Member Shelley Fairweather-Vega
Lit Div members already know Shelley Fairweather-Vega as our tireless former administrator and as the translator of We Computers by Hamid Ismailov, which was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. Jen Mendez spoke with her about a range of topics, including the Uzbek language, her award nomination, going on a book tour,…
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The Poetry of Alja Adam (Slovenia)
Translation and introduction by Martha Kosir Alja Adam (1976) is a poet, literary critic, and Gestalt psychotherapist. She graduated from the University of Ljubljana with a degree in Comparative Literature and Sociology of Culture. She earned her doctorate in 2007 in Gender Studies and Feminist Literary Theory, likewise from the University of Ljubljana. Alja Adam…