Mary’s Reading
“…I waylaid her one frozen/ morning on her way to Bacon Hall/ French class & we had a brief scene…” Weekend Poem, by Peter Grieco.
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A Marble Paleness
Story of the Week (November 27), excerpted from Michal Hvorecký’s novel ‘Danube in America’. Translated from Slovak by Eva Hudecová and Mark Lencho.
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Mramorová bledosť
Original Slovak text of Michal Hvorecký’s ‘A Marble Paleness’.
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Ascension II
“She gathered them,/ pegged them to clotheslines/ to crisp in the sun, ordered by size…” Poem of the Week (November 24), by Elosham Vog.
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Night Wallah
“My lover turns and resumes oblivion/ under a diamond mesh of sweat./ I sit up and drink in the darkness…” Weekend Poem, by Josep Chanza.
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The End of Childhood
Story of the Week (November 20), excerpted from Michal Hvorecký’s novel ‘Danube in America’. Translated from Slovak by Eva Hudecová and Mark Lencho.
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Koniec detstva
Original Slovak text of Michal Hvorecký’s ‘The End of Childhood’.
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Lockets
“…Learned syntax/ ebbed, flowed, brought in, out with petticoat// turns, the swish of a silk skirt, and yes!…” Poem of the Week (November 17), by Nancy Anne Miller.
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General Elections. India. 2014
“…if I could say it like that, I’d have traded/ places, offered you your own womb…” Weekend Poem, by Poorna Swami.
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Roseland
“We swung and clung to each other and when the dance floor was cleared to make room for the contest, we were relieved and completely exhausted and drained of the tension that had plagued us for the last day and a half.” Story of the Week (October 30), by Arthur Davis.
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