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Celestial Bodies

Posted on 1 February 2020 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — Leave a comment

The second novel by Omani author Jokhar Alharthi, Sayyidat al-Qamar, is translated into English by Marilyn Booth as Celestial Bodies. Which are what? The men around whom the world revolves? That would be the answer one might expect from an…

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New snow, old words

Posted on 1 January 2020 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — 1 Comment

New year, fresh snow. Fresh snow, old words. I first came across Gwerful Mechain this time last year through her most famous poem of all, translated as ‘Ode to My Cunt’ by Zoë Brigley Thompson for Modern Poetry in Translation.…

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