The Book of Rain Mark Schaevers

The Book of Rain Mark SchaeversAb Zayd al Anr The contents of the future are the contents of a cloud. So begins translator David Larsens introduction for the Book of Rain, the earliest known catalogue of Arabic weather words, by early Arabic linguist Ab Zayd al Anr. In Larsens translation, Ab Zayds lexicography of rain is simultaneously an academic, archival, and poetic pursuit. After the fashion of Larsens award winning translation of Names of the Lion, these rich, extensive lists

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private emotions and historical trauma

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promising to be one of the most significant texts on contemporary personhood

because the published version of The Waste Land was considerably shorter than the original

the poem’s language is translingual

Friederike Mayröcker's almost daily entries give us a unique view into the interplay between desire and her motivation for writing

Huff publiceerde eerder poëzie in Hollands Maandblad en Het liegend konijn

and includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats