UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Vice-Royal-Ties
Julia Wong KcomtUGLY DUCKLING PRESSETranslator Jennifer Shyue has retained superbly the Spanish nuances in English to keep alive this fascinating lyrical voice from Peru. — Leo Boix reviews Julia Wong Kcomt’s Vice-royal-ties (tr. Jennifer Shyue) in Morning Star Read the whole review here: https://t.co/OQcAd7xXLl
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Spiral Staircase: Collected Poems
Hirato RenkichiUGLY DUCKLING PRESSENew Backlist Bulletin on Hirato Renkichi's Spiral Staircase, tr. Sho Sugita (UDP, 2017)—read the full piece, complete with a series of pen illustrations, at https://t.co/Va2ssCdm6K Today & tomorrow, get a copy of the book for 50% off on our website with discount code DOODLE ✍️🖋 https://t.co/nTmNlWSuLx
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The Non: A Story of the Shadow People
Vaalen RhaneUGLY DUCKLING PRESSE"Thénon’s poems can be fully appreciated in Smith’s translations, and they are truly a gift to lovers of poetry." — Marlene Gottlieb on Ova Completa by Susana Thénon, tr. Rebekah Smith, in Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas Link to the issue: https://tandfonline.com/toc/rrev20/current https://t.co/05mYYkxaHS
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Materia Prima
Amanda BerenguerUGLY DUCKLING PRESSE—Jeremy Paden on Amanda Berenguer's Materia Prima and Reina María Rodríguez's The Winter Garden Photograph, in @GoodRiverReview Full review: https://t.co/jgtHgqY6d9 To purchase Materia Prima / The Winter Garden Photograph, visit: https://t.co/lGLVJIcnCS / https://t.co/wSt6uNX3DC
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The Marathon Poet
Ake HodellUGLY DUCKLING PRESSE"The Marathon Poet is a rousing, fast-paced book that vacillates from poetry to prose, never concerned with the speedometer’s numbers..." — Paul Cunningham reviews Åke Hodell's The Marathon Poet, Trans. by Fia Backström for @kenyonreview's Micro-Reviews: https://t.co/WE6vhnoY11
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Forget Thee
Ian DreiblattUGLY DUCKLING PRESSEIan Dreiblatt's forget thee (UDP, 2021) has been reviewed in Turkish in @SabitFikir—read an English translation of it here: https://t.co/ErrrX8LXda Pick up a copy of the book here: https://t.co/Bgj0fOjzTz https://t.co/LndhqvJqSO
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Proximal Moroccoâ "
Mohammed Khaïr-EddineUGLY DUCKLING PRESSEand this is how every love ends and the vastness of every sky gives way and how I find my footing through the wrecked mast of the poem “Proximal Morocco—“ by Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine (tr. Jake Syersak) is available now. Get a copy via our website or SPD🇲🇦 https://t.co/7NCmToA2Cs
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Feast of the Ass
Jahan KhajaviUGLY DUCKLING PRESSEFeast of the Ass by Jahan Khajavi Drawing extensively on Iranian poetic traditions and the history of their reception in English translation, ‘Feast of the Ass’ presents a series of queer verses that play in the fields of love poetry’s address. https://t.co/H69sldvV0h
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The Winter Garden Photograph
Reina Maria RodriguezUGLY DUCKLING PRESSENew copies of Reina María Rodríguez' The Winter Garden Photograph have recently arrived! This reprint includes a set of co-translations by Dykstra and Nancy Gates Madsen, and an interview with Rodríguez, conducted by Rosa Alcalá. To pick up a copy, visit: https://bit.ly/35qyTpT https://t.co/Id7YU8dslK
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Slow Down and Walk: A Conversation
Okwui OkpokwasiliUGLY DUCKLING PRESSECheck out @CLMPorg's Reading List for Black History Month: https://t.co/sZMrJNmVVZ ft. two UDP titles: Basie Allen's Palm-Lined with Potience (https://t.co/cvQVsBpyk1) & Slow Down and Walk: A Conversation by Nadine George-Graves and Okwui Okpokwasili (https://t.co/W8kmLMVfj0)
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