In honor of this profound achievement, we are proud to publish Tomas Venclova’s poem “Dictator”— translated from the Lithuanian by Ellen Hinsey—for the first time in English.
Month: August 2023
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Tomas Venclova Wins the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award
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Asian American Literature Festival Revisited
In acknowledgement of the efforts invested in the festival by the writers and organizers, and of the loss this represents to American literature and the strength of its communities, we are releasing this feature from the NER archive.
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Nessa O’Mahony and “the habits of memory”
Nessa O’Mahony reads her poem “Cillín,” followed by an interview with summer interns Cali Jantzen and Gavin Richards.
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Ching Ching Tan
NER staff reader Meera Vijayann speaks with contributor Ching Ching Tan about belonging, stereotypes and self-censorship, thinking critically in a non-native language, and her essay “How Do I Explain Myself?” from issue 44.2.
