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Burning Deck: Introducing an Appreciation

Mathew Timmons introduces his serial appreciation of Burning Deck Press, which will celebrate their 50th anniversary over a span of several months and feature over 60 of their titles since 1961.

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Recommended Spanish-Language Poetry

David Shook recommends new translations of poetry from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay, including work by skywriter Raúl Rivero, Swine Flu jokester José Eugenio Sánchez, and Roberto Juarroz, who Octavio Paz called “a poet of absolute instants.”

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Polina Barskova + Piotr Florczyk in LA

Molossus friend Boris Dralyuk will host Russian poet Polina Barskova, whose latest collection, The Zoo in Winter, comes out 22 February from Melville House, and poet-translator Piotr Florczyk, whose translations from the Polish of Anna Swir are forthcoming from Calypso Editions, for UCLA’s Slavic Departments presentation of Contemporary Slavic Poetry in Translation.

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Travel Finds in London

Molossus editor David Shook on books he finds in London.

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Travel Finds in Barcelona

Molossus editor David Shook’s travel book finds from Barcelona.

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Geoff’s Shelf, August

Art Director Geoff Gossett introduces recent, rare, and random titles that inspire his work at the drawing table.

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What Language Do You Think In When You Write?

Isthmus Zapotec poet Víctor Terán’s speech at a recent gathering of indigenous writers in that state of Southern Mexico.

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Books Abroad: Texas, Rwanda, Burundi

Editor David Shook’s travel finds from Texas, Rwanda, and Burundi, including work by Albers, Germans, and Bamporiki.

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Summer Travel Roundup

Molossus editor David Shook shares travel book finds, including work by Vallejo, Borges, Thomas, Aridjis, Grunbein, Hoang, and Walser.

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Silver Lake Jubilee

Visit the Silver Lake Jubilee’s Literary Village, at the Silver Lake Jubilee! 22 – 23 May 2010! Performance Showcases include Los Angeles Comics, Les Figues Press, Sur+ Bilingual Reading, Molossus, The Parallax Poets, and many more! ***COMPLETE SCHEDULE BELOW.*** Featuring readings and signings by: Danielle Adair * Ama Birch * James Bolt * Amaranth Borsuk [...]

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Books Abroad

Despite the wide selection of books I brought with me to review—including, for example, Anne Carson’s incredible New Directions book in a box, Nox—it’s an inevitability that I will find, purchase, and be given books while I travel. This trip is no different, and I’m now in Mombasa reading books I stumbled upon over the [...]

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Molossus Hits the Road

I’m headed to the United Kingdom for the Poetry Translation Centre’s Mexican Poets Tour, where I’ll perform alongside Mexican poets Coral Bracho, David Huerta, and Víctor Terán, as well as their British translators Katherine Pierpoint and Jamie McKendrick. Other Molossus contributors I’ll interact with on the road include cofounder Armando Celayo, contributors Sydneyann Binion, Jenny Lewis, [...]

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