Periodically Speaking: Translations from the Axis of Evil

New York, NY—Presented by the Council for Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) and The New York Public Library, the Periodically Speaking reading series provides a major new venue for emerging writers to introduce their work while highlighting the riches of literary magazines in New York City and the magazine collections of The New York Public Library.

Translations from the Axis of Evil, the second program of the series, features poetry and prose from Iraqi, Syrian, and Iranian writers recently published in Words Without Borders, Bomb, and Rattapallax—magazines dedicated to bringing their readers translations that cannot be found elsewhere in the publishing world.

Words Without Borders
Words Without Borders, an online journal, undertakes to promote international communication through translation.

Editor Dedi Felman will introduce the Iraqi writer Najem Wali's The Black Storyteller, read by translator Jennifer Kaplan.

Bomb
Bomb is a cultural quarterly dedicated to facilitating conversations between artists of all stripes.

Editor Paul Morris will introduce the Syrian writer Faraj Bayraqdar's Love in Free Flight, read by translator Ammiel Alcalay.

Rattapallax
Rattapallax features marginalized writers from around the globe—each issue includes a CD of the featured poets reading their work.

Editor Ram Devineni will introduce the Iranian writer Ziba Karbassi's Gravequake, read by translator Niloufar Talebi.

Look for the next program in the Periodically Speaking Spring Schedule:

• Tuesday, June 14th: Inner-Space

This series is made possible in part by support from The Greenwall Foundation; The New York Community Trust; the New York State Council for the Arts, a state agency; HarperCollins Publishers; and Friends of CLMP, a diverse group of individuals committed to supporting independent literary publishing.

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