Lucifer by Ljiljana Đurđić
November 1, 2019
A surrealist poem from the Serbian poet Ljiljana Đurđić. Ljiljana Đurđić has published three collections of poetry, including Swedish Gymnastics. She is also a terrific translator of Sylvia Plath.
Serbian Surrealism
Wolf-ancestry
August 8, 2019
Homage to the Lame Wolf
August 1, 2019
Poem: Vasko Popa. Translation: Charles Simic. Reading: Marcus Slease. Images: Dora Maar & Claude Cahun
Give Me Back My Rags by Vasko Popa
July 29, 2019
Falling in love, more and more, with Vasko Popa. His selected, translated by Charles Simic, is terrific. (Background Music: Jimmy Giuffre’s “Scootin’ About” & “Cry, Want.”)
