Watched La Chimera last night and like, I’m just supposed to go back to my normal life after this? Cool

Editors' Note: Bodies — The Dial This month’s issue revolves around bodies — how they are controlled, how they disappear or are reclaimed, how they become political.

Our first issue of 2025 explores bodies—how they’re controlled, how they disappear or are reclaimed, how they become political. This month, we’ll bring you writing and reporting from Chile, Indonesia, Poland, Nigeria, Sweden and more: www.thedial.world/articles/iss...

Thank you Nancy I’m so pleased

Poltergeist (published in Poland by Wydawnictwo Warstwy, 2024) is a cohesive and haunting tale of grief, filtered through the horror film genre. Beauty and terror. I’m thrilled we can begin to share these poems

Poems from Poland — The Dial Written by Urszula Honek

The first few poems from International Booker-nominated Urszula Honek’s latest collection, Poltergeist, in my translation www.thedial.world/articles/lit...

Bartosz Konstrat translated from Polish by Dawid Mobolaji - Plume Bartosz Konstrat translated from Polish by Dawid Mobolaji   SONS   Suddenly: bam! The little boys rise from their knees, their teeth grow and begin to bite. Suddenly: bam! Instead of drinking their mo...

To end a year of exciting translation projects - in the December issue of Plume, you can enjoy ‘Sons’ by Bartosz Konstrat, a poem about the violence and the gentleness of male adolescence, in my translation… plumepoetry.com/bartosz-kons...

QueerMuzeum Warsaw is about to open! I am super excited (and a bit nervous). Our page is already online (English version will be in a couple of days), along with the exhibition guide, describing centuries of Polish queer history 🏳️‍🌈👇🏼

queermuzeum.pl

Thank you @identitytheory.bsky.social for giving these two poems by Bartosz Konstrat (in my translation) a home 🧡

And like a magical charm @pscalpello.bsky.social appears here!!! Everyone get their book LIMBIC from @cipherpress.bsky.social & follow them 💞💘❤️‍🔥

Beautiful readings by Ange Mlinko at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social last night. Stunning to hear contemporary poets breathing such new life into rhyme and meter

Never done with this book, in the best possible way

Evening walk

Yes! A perfect recommendation, thank you

First encounter with Clarice Lispector. That feeling of “oh damn I didn’t even know it could be done like this” is priceless every time

Thank you Reuben! It was very fulfilling and my summer was all the longer for it :)

Saying hi to Bluesky with autumn leaves in London, a poem by Anna Świrszczyńska translated by Czesław Miłosz, a kitten and a sunset over Mount Olympus from my recent writing retreat in Greece