Helene Cardona's Blog - Posts Tagged "david-mason"
The Inaugural Issue of Life and Legends is up!
The Inaugural Issue of Life and Legends is up!
www.lifeandlegends.com
Delighted to have been invited by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis as Contributing Editor
& to participate in this issue as well as present:
Jenny Factor, Robert Pinsky, David Mason, Christopher Merrill, Jennifer Reeser, Kim Dower,
Dennis Maloney, Gabriel Arnou-Laujeac: translation by Hélène Cardona, Marie Lecrivain,
Miguel Barnet, translation by George Henson, Erna R. Cooper, Margaret Saine, Charles Harper Webb, Kate Gale, Lee Upton,
Mariano Zaro, Sarah Maclay, Marc Vincenz,
Ralph Angel, Diann Blakely,
Laurel Ann Bogen, Sonnet Mondal, Willis Barnstone, John FitzGerald, Michelle Bitting, James Ragan,
Rodica Draghincescu: translation by Howard Scott. With Nachiketa Bandyopadhyay,
Yahia Lababidi, Khursheed Hayat, Michelle Chung,
Abrar Ahmed: translation by Salma Jilani,
Satyapal Anand,
Sarojini Sahoo: translation by Jagadish Mohanty, Dean Pasch,
William O'Daly, Thích Nhất Hạnh,
Hareprakash Upadhyay: translation by
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, Naseer Ahmed Nasir: translation by Dr. Bina Biswas, Rumi
& many more.
Book reviews: John Fitzgerald's Favorite Bedtime Stories (Salmon Poetry) by Erna Cooper, and Marc Vincenz's Mao's Mole (Neo Poiesis Press) by Hélène Cardona.
www.lifeandlegends.com
Delighted to have been invited by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis as Contributing Editor
& to participate in this issue as well as present:
Jenny Factor, Robert Pinsky, David Mason, Christopher Merrill, Jennifer Reeser, Kim Dower,
Dennis Maloney, Gabriel Arnou-Laujeac: translation by Hélène Cardona, Marie Lecrivain,
Miguel Barnet, translation by George Henson, Erna R. Cooper, Margaret Saine, Charles Harper Webb, Kate Gale, Lee Upton,
Mariano Zaro, Sarah Maclay, Marc Vincenz,
Ralph Angel, Diann Blakely,
Laurel Ann Bogen, Sonnet Mondal, Willis Barnstone, John FitzGerald, Michelle Bitting, James Ragan,
Rodica Draghincescu: translation by Howard Scott. With Nachiketa Bandyopadhyay,
Yahia Lababidi, Khursheed Hayat, Michelle Chung,
Abrar Ahmed: translation by Salma Jilani,
Satyapal Anand,
Sarojini Sahoo: translation by Jagadish Mohanty, Dean Pasch,
William O'Daly, Thích Nhất Hạnh,
Hareprakash Upadhyay: translation by
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, Naseer Ahmed Nasir: translation by Dr. Bina Biswas, Rumi
& many more. Book reviews: John Fitzgerald's Favorite Bedtime Stories (Salmon Poetry) by Erna Cooper, and Marc Vincenz's Mao's Mole (Neo Poiesis Press) by Hélène Cardona.
Intractable Ghosts or Kristina Marie Darling’s Personal and Imaginative World in The Sun & the Moon
My review of Kristina Marie Darling's stunning book The Sun & the Moon in The Lit Pub:
Intractable Ghosts or Kristina Marie Darling’s Personal and Imaginative World in THE SUN & THE MOON:
http://thelitpub.com/intractable-ghos...
Suggested reading: Dorianne Laux's The Book of Men, David Mason's Davey McGravy, John FitzGerald's Favorite Bedtime Stories, Katie Farris's boysgirls, Ilyse Kusnetz's Small Hours, and Marc Vincenz's
This Wasted Land and its Chymical Illuminations.
Intractable Ghosts or Kristina Marie Darling’s Personal and Imaginative World in THE SUN & THE MOON:
http://thelitpub.com/intractable-ghos...
Suggested reading: Dorianne Laux's The Book of Men, David Mason's Davey McGravy, John FitzGerald's Favorite Bedtime Stories, Katie Farris's boysgirls, Ilyse Kusnetz's Small Hours, and Marc Vincenz's
This Wasted Land and its Chymical Illuminations.
CELEBRATING AMERICAN SHE-POETS: HÉLÈNE CARDONA … POETRY IS LANGUAGE FOR THE INEFFABLE
Check out my interview with Jamie Dedes in The Poet by Day, with excerpts from Dreaming My Animal Selves and Life in Suspension:
https://jamiededes.com/2016/12/22/cel...
CELEBRATING AMERICAN SHE-POETS (27): HÉLÈNE CARDONA … POETRY IS LANGUAGE FOR THE INEFFABLE, WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO WRITE…
https://jamiededes.com/2016/12/22/cel...
CELEBRATING AMERICAN SHE-POETS (27): HÉLÈNE CARDONA … POETRY IS LANGUAGE FOR THE INEFFABLE, WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO WRITE…
Hélène Cardona with the Cobalt Poets today!
This week Cobalt Poets presents Hélène Cardona plus open reading:
Hélène Cardona’s Life in Suspension is called “a vivid self-portrait as scholar, seer and muse” by John Ashbery, and David Mason described Dreaming My Animal Selves as “liminal, mystical and other-worldly,” adding, “this is a poet who writes in a rare light.” Hailed as visionary by Richard Wilbur, Cardona’s luminous poetry explores consciousness, the power of place, and ancestral roots. It is poetry of alchemy and healing, a gateway to the unconscious and the dream world. She has authored 5 translations, is the recipient of over 20 awards & honors, and her work has been translated into 19 languages.
Dreaming My Animal Selves / Le Songe de mes Âmes AnimalesLife in Suspension: La Vie Suspendue
Tuesday, Aug 15, 7:30 PST.
Signups for the open reading start at 7:15pm in the Zoom Chat.
https://www.facebook.com/events/27835...
When you RSVP, please use your full real name as your Zoom identity so you can be let in, and DM me so I can let Rick Lupert know.
Hélène Cardona’s Life in Suspension is called “a vivid self-portrait as scholar, seer and muse” by John Ashbery, and David Mason described Dreaming My Animal Selves as “liminal, mystical and other-worldly,” adding, “this is a poet who writes in a rare light.” Hailed as visionary by Richard Wilbur, Cardona’s luminous poetry explores consciousness, the power of place, and ancestral roots. It is poetry of alchemy and healing, a gateway to the unconscious and the dream world. She has authored 5 translations, is the recipient of over 20 awards & honors, and her work has been translated into 19 languages.
Dreaming My Animal Selves / Le Songe de mes Âmes AnimalesLife in Suspension: La Vie Suspendue
Tuesday, Aug 15, 7:30 PST.Signups for the open reading start at 7:15pm in the Zoom Chat.
https://www.facebook.com/events/27835...
When you RSVP, please use your full real name as your Zoom identity so you can be let in, and DM me so I can let Rick Lupert know.
A Glorious Review of The Abduction by Ron Starbuck, Saint Julian Press Book Reviews
"Hélène Cardona’s masterful translation of The Abduction by French-Syrian poet Maram Al-Masri contains luminescent pages where readers will traverse tidal currents of raw emotion, passionate love, and the sting of separation. Unfurled through motifs of motherhood, nascent innocence, the ache of parting, and the fragility of
memory, the verses offer a rare glimpse into the psyche of a mother torn from her offspring. This collection of poems is a sacred remembrance, reminding the reader of our deep connections between a parent and child and within the family. And the deep sorrows we face when those connections are sundered unexpectedly."
--Julian Press Book Reviews:
http://www.saintjulianpress.com/the-a...
memory, the verses offer a rare glimpse into the psyche of a mother torn from her offspring. This collection of poems is a sacred remembrance, reminding the reader of our deep connections between a parent and child and within the family. And the deep sorrows we face when those connections are sundered unexpectedly."--Julian Press Book Reviews:
http://www.saintjulianpress.com/the-a...
An Evening with White Pine Press: Celebrating its 50th Anniversary
I'll be reading from The Abduction, my new translation of Maram Al Masri:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://helenecardona.com/translations
https://www.whitepine.org/the-abduction
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of White Pine Press at Beyond Baroque! Established in 1973, White Pine Press has been at the forefront in bringing the rich diversity of world literature to the English speaking audience. Publishing poetry, fiction, essays, and literature in translation from around the world. Join Editor/Publisher Dennis Maloney alongside White Pine-published authors: Hélène Cardona, Tzveta Sofronieva, Yun Wang,
and Christopher Merrill for an evening of poetry readings including new and selected works. The evening will be hosted by poet and translator Gail Wronsky.
Beyond Baroque
681 Venice Blvd
Venice Beach
Los Angeles, CA 90291
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://helenecardona.com/translations
https://www.whitepine.org/the-abduction
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of White Pine Press at Beyond Baroque! Established in 1973, White Pine Press has been at the forefront in bringing the rich diversity of world literature to the English speaking audience. Publishing poetry, fiction, essays, and literature in translation from around the world. Join Editor/Publisher Dennis Maloney alongside White Pine-published authors: Hélène Cardona, Tzveta Sofronieva, Yun Wang,
and Christopher Merrill for an evening of poetry readings including new and selected works. The evening will be hosted by poet and translator Gail Wronsky.Beyond Baroque
681 Venice Blvd
Venice Beach
Los Angeles, CA 90291
Recommended review of The Abduction in The US Review of Books
Many thanks to The US Review of Books for the beautiful recommended review of The Abduction, my translation of Le Rapt by Maram Al Masri:
https://www.theusreview.com/reviews-1...
Book review by Nicole Yurcaba
"He has begun to speak to me
with his eight tiny teeth."
Opening with poems celebrating the wonder of new life, this collection explores birth, development, motherhood, and the terrifying experience of losing one’s child to an act of abduction. In this book, an empty house becomes a metaphor for a woman longing for her child: “A house like mine / may be hiding wounds / may be hiding stories.” These verses also explore the speaker’s harrowing emotional journey as she navigatse the present and potential future without her son. Additionally, the book provides readers with philosophical takes on what it truly means to love another person: “To love, it is to prepare yourself / to be abandoned.” At the same time, the speaker also questions why humans must love the way they do, given that the experience can transform into something utterly terrifying and painful.
These poems rely on minimalist forms and language to create a significantly deep message about what it is to lose the one person who shapes another person’s existence. The evocative images and emotions displayed in this book leave readers feeling the speaker’s pain and heartbreak. The collection also addresses socio-political issues like immigration, and it gives anecdotes that give readers a first-hand glimpse into the sense of otherness with which many immigrants live in their new homelands: “Immigrant / you will always be / in the crosshairs of suspicion.” These anecdotes speak loudly in an America rife with political tensions surrounding the issue. Thus, the collection transforms from a personal exploration of loss and grief into a larger conversation about one’s role in a new society. Poetry lovers who appreciate poems with a deeply personal yet socially conscious message will appreciate this book.
RECOMMENDED by the US Review
https://www.theusreview.com/reviews-1...
Book review by Nicole Yurcaba
"He has begun to speak to me
with his eight tiny teeth."
Opening with poems celebrating the wonder of new life, this collection explores birth, development, motherhood, and the terrifying experience of losing one’s child to an act of abduction. In this book, an empty house becomes a metaphor for a woman longing for her child: “A house like mine / may be hiding wounds / may be hiding stories.” These verses also explore the speaker’s harrowing emotional journey as she navigatse the present and potential future without her son. Additionally, the book provides readers with philosophical takes on what it truly means to love another person: “To love, it is to prepare yourself / to be abandoned.” At the same time, the speaker also questions why humans must love the way they do, given that the experience can transform into something utterly terrifying and painful.
These poems rely on minimalist forms and language to create a significantly deep message about what it is to lose the one person who shapes another person’s existence. The evocative images and emotions displayed in this book leave readers feeling the speaker’s pain and heartbreak. The collection also addresses socio-political issues like immigration, and it gives anecdotes that give readers a first-hand glimpse into the sense of otherness with which many immigrants live in their new homelands: “Immigrant / you will always be / in the crosshairs of suspicion.” These anecdotes speak loudly in an America rife with political tensions surrounding the issue. Thus, the collection transforms from a personal exploration of loss and grief into a larger conversation about one’s role in a new society. Poetry lovers who appreciate poems with a deeply personal yet socially conscious message will appreciate this book.
RECOMMENDED by the US Review
The Abduction is a World Literature Today's Notable Translation
The Abduction is a World Literature Today's Notable Translation:
https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/...
https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/...
The Abduction wins the 2024 Independent Press Award
The Abduction (my translation of Maram Al-Masri) wins the 2024 Independent Press Award:
https://www.independentpressaward.com...
https://www.independentpressaward.com...
