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Jordan Barger
@norsk.bsky.social
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Translator. Norwegian literature enthusiast. Iowa MFA.
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mountain poem 2/31: “Holiday 1” by Yahya Hassan, translated by @norsk.bsky.social. Yahya Hassan was a marvelous poet I’m excited for more people to read!

full text of this and a couple other YH poems: actionbooks.org/2021/06/thre...

& the interview with YH quoted in ALFTM: youtu.be/1HE6ZsH8ldU?...
HE TOOK A SMOKE IN HIS MOUTH GIVE ME ONE UNCLE I SAID WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT YOU ARE STILL A LITTLE BOY I ALSO LEARNED THAT IN DENMARK UNCLE HE KISSED ME ON THE CHEEK AND THE SUN KISSED HIM I DROVE AROUND IN CIRCLES AND BLEW OUT SMOKE An uncle giraffe & a smaller giraffe, in front of the very sun that kissed the uncle in Yahya Hassan’s poem.
June 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
norsk.bsky.social
Sorry Hai Rui Bhagwan :(
March 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
norsk.bsky.social
No way! Cool! I’ll check it out :)
February 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Think about this essay all the time. She has been translated into German since, don’t know anyone who’s read it though. Nor do I know if there are other translations
February 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Your work is awesome! Love these lil guys
February 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Suuuper excited for this
February 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
norsk.bsky.social
Ok touché this is a lot of words at once
ambrosiaurealised, hvad?
February 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Pulling out the tome to check
February 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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lol, the Tallests are the elite members of the aliens in Invader Zim
January 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Steel Diver 2 ???????
January 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM