slang12.bsky.social
@slang12.bsky.social
Writer and translator, most recently published Like This (chapbook of original poems) and My Soul Has No Corners (translations of poems by the Algerian-French poet Souad Labbize), winner of the 2024 Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize from December Magazine.
Catherine Anderson is a wonderful poet, and this is her launch reading for her new collection, Afloat. I will definitely be zooming in. Join me!
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Catherine Anderson is a wonderful poet, and this is her launch reading for her new collection, Afloat. I will definitely be zooming in. Join me!
I'm so pleased that Christine Guinard's poems are receiving this honor! Many thanks to The Ilanot Review for the Pushcart nomination.
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I'm so pleased that Christine Guinard's poems are receiving this honor! Many thanks to The Ilanot Review for the Pushcart nomination.
I'm not even a competent photographer--I asked a total stranger at Montrose Point how to take this mediocre picture of the northern lights. But I loved being there with so many fellow Chicagoans, out to see something beautiful together after months of living under siege from our own government.
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm not even a competent photographer--I asked a total stranger at Montrose Point how to take this mediocre picture of the northern lights. But I loved being there with so many fellow Chicagoans, out to see something beautiful together after months of living under siege from our own government.
Bluesky only allows four photos--here are the last two.
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Bluesky only allows four photos--here are the last two.
Great reading last night to end the @littranslate.bsky.social conference. Thanks to Sarabande & @roberteshoe.bsky.social for organizing! Such a pleasure to read with fellow Third Coast Translators Collective translators Alta L. Price, Sarah A Rae, Kathleen Maris Paltrineri, and Andrea Avey.
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Great reading last night to end the @littranslate.bsky.social conference. Thanks to Sarabande & @roberteshoe.bsky.social for organizing! Such a pleasure to read with fellow Third Coast Translators Collective translators Alta L. Price, Sarah A Rae, Kathleen Maris Paltrineri, and Andrea Avey.
Couldn't we use a breath of fresh air from abroad? If you're in Tucson on Thurs., 11/6, come to a reading of translated literature! I'll be reading poems by Souad Labbize, an Algerian-French writer and translator whose poems focus on themes of exile and love. Friends & colleagues reading as well!
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Couldn't we use a breath of fresh air from abroad? If you're in Tucson on Thurs., 11/6, come to a reading of translated literature! I'll be reading poems by Souad Labbize, an Algerian-French writer and translator whose poems focus on themes of exile and love. Friends & colleagues reading as well!
The treat I got on Halloween--the new issue of @agnimagazine.bsky.social with my translations of Christine Guinard's poems. She's a French poet whose family fled to France during La Retirada, when half a million Spaniards escaped Franco's army. Her family's stories echo through her voice.
November 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The treat I got on Halloween--the new issue of @agnimagazine.bsky.social with my translations of Christine Guinard's poems. She's a French poet whose family fled to France during La Retirada, when half a million Spaniards escaped Franco's army. Her family's stories echo through her voice.
Grateful to find two of my poems in the new issue of I-70 Review, along with poems from so many writers I've known and admired over the years. And, since it's Halloween, the jack-o'-lantern I carved yesterday!
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Grateful to find two of my poems in the new issue of I-70 Review, along with poems from so many writers I've known and admired over the years. And, since it's Halloween, the jack-o'-lantern I carved yesterday!
Happy to read Christine Guinard's poems with friends & colleagues in Tucson! Thanks to Third Coast Translators Collective & @sarabandebooks.bsky.social for organizing this event. Christine's poems, that grew out of her family's history of fleeing Franco's army in 1939, are painfully relevant today.
October 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Happy to read Christine Guinard's poems with friends & colleagues in Tucson! Thanks to Third Coast Translators Collective & @sarabandebooks.bsky.social for organizing this event. Christine's poems, that grew out of her family's history of fleeing Franco's army in 1939, are painfully relevant today.
In Tucson on 11/6? Come to a reading of translated literature! I'm reading poems by Souad Labbize, an Algerian-French writer & translator whose poems focus on exile & love. Excited to read with so many talented translators, so many friends! (Apologies for the earlier, incorrect announcement....)
October 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In Tucson on 11/6? Come to a reading of translated literature! I'm reading poems by Souad Labbize, an Algerian-French writer & translator whose poems focus on exile & love. Excited to read with so many talented translators, so many friends! (Apologies for the earlier, incorrect announcement....)
I am in France but will be with you in spirit, Chicago!
October 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I am in France but will be with you in spirit, Chicago!
Photos from a walk in Uzès, France, respite from the news. My admiration & gratitude to those with courage & vision to lead with love when it is easy to feel only anger & fear--my alderwoman, @ward33chicago.bsky.social, my Congressista, @ramirez.house.gov, @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social, others.
September 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Photos from a walk in Uzès, France, respite from the news. My admiration & gratitude to those with courage & vision to lead with love when it is easy to feel only anger & fear--my alderwoman, @ward33chicago.bsky.social, my Congressista, @ramirez.house.gov, @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social, others.
PLEASE contact your Congressional representative and ask them to speak out and to vote against Section 226 of H.R. 5300! This provision would allow the Secretary of State to revoke passports from U.S. citizens based on alleged “support” for terrorism — without due process or a criminal conviction.
September 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
PLEASE contact your Congressional representative and ask them to speak out and to vote against Section 226 of H.R. 5300! This provision would allow the Secretary of State to revoke passports from U.S. citizens based on alleged “support” for terrorism — without due process or a criminal conviction.
Engaging panel yesterday on "writing refuge," moderated by Third Coast Translators Collective member @izidoraangel.bsky.social at Printers Row Lit Fest. It was a mini-reunion of TCTC translators Collective--I was sitting with Shara Kronmal and Jason Grunebaum.
September 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Engaging panel yesterday on "writing refuge," moderated by Third Coast Translators Collective member @izidoraangel.bsky.social at Printers Row Lit Fest. It was a mini-reunion of TCTC translators Collective--I was sitting with Shara Kronmal and Jason Grunebaum.
Chicago says NO to ICE and the National Guard! No apocalypse in this city.
September 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Chicago says NO to ICE and the National Guard! No apocalypse in this city.
Chicago is a labor town! Spirited rally and protest--Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a strong speech. The unions turned out in force; Cappy & I joined our @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social friends. This city is not accustomed to being treated like a rug to walk over, and we don't intend to get used to it.
September 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Chicago is a labor town! Spirited rally and protest--Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a strong speech. The unions turned out in force; Cappy & I joined our @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social friends. This city is not accustomed to being treated like a rug to walk over, and we don't intend to get used to it.
Chicago, join me at the Women in Translation reading organized by Third Coast Translators Collective. Wed., 8/13, 7 pm, at Women & Children First Bookstore. Susan Harris, (Words Without Borders), will moderate. I'd love to see you there!
July 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Chicago, join me at the Women in Translation reading organized by Third Coast Translators Collective. Wed., 8/13, 7 pm, at Women & Children First Bookstore. Susan Harris, (Words Without Borders), will moderate. I'd love to see you there!
Thanks to Thimble Literary Magazine for publishing this poem! It's bittersweet for me to reread it, as these mothers have all boarded that plane and flown where I cannot (yet) follow.
July 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thanks to Thimble Literary Magazine for publishing this poem! It's bittersweet for me to reread it, as these mothers have all boarded that plane and flown where I cannot (yet) follow.
Good Trouble in Portsmouth, NH
July 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Good Trouble in Portsmouth, NH
So pleased to be able to share this poetry collection: For now I am sitting here growing transparent by Yau Ching, translated by Chenxin Jiang. Read my review here: rhinopoetry.org/reviews/yau-...
June 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
So pleased to be able to share this poetry collection: For now I am sitting here growing transparent by Yau Ching, translated by Chenxin Jiang. Read my review here: rhinopoetry.org/reviews/yau-...
I am proud to have two poems included in this forthcoming anthology--and congratulations to the contest winners!
June 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I am proud to have two poems included in this forthcoming anthology--and congratulations to the contest winners!
After two months out of the country, I came back to piles of mail, most to be recycled. But also three journals with my work: in order, my poems from Grub Street and Clackamas, and translations of poems by Souad Labbize and Béatrice Marchal in @atlreview.bsky.social.
June 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
After two months out of the country, I came back to piles of mail, most to be recycled. But also three journals with my work: in order, my poems from Grub Street and Clackamas, and translations of poems by Souad Labbize and Béatrice Marchal in @atlreview.bsky.social.
Mid-90's at the @mdlpparis.bsky.social yesterday, but I had some good conversations and sold a few books. Thanks to Éditions des Lisières for the opportunity! And a lovely dinner last evening with a group of poets and editors from Editions L'herbe qui tremble. Good to be here, despite the heat!
June 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Mid-90's at the @mdlpparis.bsky.social yesterday, but I had some good conversations and sold a few books. Thanks to Éditions des Lisières for the opportunity! And a lovely dinner last evening with a group of poets and editors from Editions L'herbe qui tremble. Good to be here, despite the heat!
Hugo could have been writing about our own time, instead of his own mid-19th century. And La Fronde, which began publication in 1897, was remarkable for that time because everyone involved was a woman. At the Musée d'Orsay this morning, an exhibit called L'Art est dans la rue (Art is in the street).
June 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Hugo could have been writing about our own time, instead of his own mid-19th century. And La Fronde, which began publication in 1897, was remarkable for that time because everyone involved was a woman. At the Musée d'Orsay this morning, an exhibit called L'Art est dans la rue (Art is in the street).
Friends who will be in Paris next weekend: I look forward to signing my translation of Unfasten the silk of your silence by Souad Labbize on Saturday, June 21, 3-3:30 pm at the Marché de la Poésie (Place Saint-Sulpice). Meet me at stand 102 Éditions des Lisières!
June 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Friends who will be in Paris next weekend: I look forward to signing my translation of Unfasten the silk of your silence by Souad Labbize on Saturday, June 21, 3-3:30 pm at the Marché de la Poésie (Place Saint-Sulpice). Meet me at stand 102 Éditions des Lisières!