Carmen Firan contributes to three recently published anthologies in the United States

September 04, 2008

 

Carmen Firan contributes to three recently  published anthologies in the United States

New York based Romanian poet and novelist Carmen Firan contributes to three recently  published anthologies in the United States

Stranger at Home / American Poetry with an Accent published by Numina Press and edited by Andrey Gritsman, Roger Weingarten, Kurt Brown, and Carmen Firan) - Contemporary Poetry by American Poets of Foreign Origin.

 
·  Paperback: 184 pages

·  Publisher: Numina Press (July 15, 2008)

·  Language: English

 

WRECKAGE OF REASON, An Anthology of Contemporary XXperimental Prose by Women Writers, edited by Nava Renek (39 authors) among them: Fanny Howe, Martha King, Sandra Miller, Masha Tupitsyn, Lyn Halper, Carmen Firan, Tsipi Keller, Laurie Foos, Cynthia reeves, Karen Lillis, Elizabeth Block etc.

·  Paperback: 326 pages

·  Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil; 1st edition (June 23, 2008)

·  Language: English

 

The Brooklyn Rail Fiction Anthology, Edited by Donald Breckenridge , Hanging Loose Press
(among the authors, many in translation: Leslie Scalapino, Jacques Roubaud, Lewis Warsh, Sharon Mesmer, Carmen Firan, Douglas Glover, Evan Harris, John Yau, Barbara Henning, John Reed)

·  Paperback: 420 pages

·  Publisher: Hanging Loose Press (October 1, 2006)

·  Language: English

 

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Translator's Choice

Author: Stelian Tănase
Translated by: Jean Harris

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Author: Ştefan Agopian
Translated by: Ileana Orlich

How I Learned to Read (from Tache de Catifea / The Velvet Man)

The bearded man was the owner of an apothecary shop where he worked with two apprentices. Nobody paid me any mind, so I spent all day in what was supposed to be the shop. I say this because it was a large, dark room full of odors—a mix of smells from everywhere. The room hadn’t been cleaned ...

Translator’s Note
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Author: Gabriela Adameşteanu
Translated by: Patrick Camiller

Wasted Morning - Napoleon in Bucharest

“What you’ve got here is heaven on earth,” Vica says as she drops onto the kitchen chair. “But where’s your mother?” “At work,” Gelu lazily replies, leaning sideways against the door. “She’s doing mornings this week, didn’t you know?” He is tall and thin, with unset ...

Author: Petre Ispirescu
Translated by: Jean Harris

Youth Without Age and Life Without Death

It happened once as never before-y, ‘cause if it couldn’t be true, it wouldn’t make a story about the time when the poplar tree made berries and the willow tree broke out in cherries, when bears began to brawl with their tails, and wolf and lamb, unfurling their sails, threw arms around each ...

Translator’s Note
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