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Mirza Alakbar Sabir: An Azerbaijani Poet-Satirist in Translation, by Lala Mammadova
The satirist and poet Mirza Alakbar Sabir (1862–1911) is one of those prominent voices known to everyone in his homeland, Azerbaijan, yet to only a few abroad, especially in the English-speaking world. In his works, Sabir called for enlightenment among the ordinary people and criticized the corruption of politicians and religious clergy. His poetry collection, Hophopnameh (after his pseudonym “hophop”), was compiled and published posthumously in 1912 by his friends and colleagues.
“Language as Refuge”: A Letter to the Editor, by Wendy Call & Whitney DeVos
Dear editors of World Literature Today, In her March 2025 column “Language as Refuge,” Veronica Esposito explores questions of language development and loss, responding to the question: “What happens when a language dies?” Unfortunately, the essay overlooks key elements of that topic: linguicide, linguistic rights, and language preservation.
A Reply to Wendy Call and Whitney DeVos, by Veronica Esposito
Editorial note: The following is in reply to Wendy Call and Whitney DeVos’s letter to the editor, which itself is in response to the author’s “Language as Refuge” column in the March 2025 issue. I very much appreciate the feedback from Wendy Call and Whitney DeVos. It is always lovely to see individuals engaging with what I have written and posing their own thoughts and challenges to it. I thank them very much for taking the time to read my work and respond to it.
Poems in Tutunakú and Spanish by Cruz Alejandra Lucas Juárez
By CRUZ ALEJANDRA LUCAS JUÁREZ Translated by WENDY CALL & WHITNEY DEVOS Poems appear below in English, and Spanish and Tutunakú, the original languages. Translators’ Note Poet Cruz Alejandra Lucas Juárez creates her work bilingually, in Spanish—the language in which she was educated—and in Tutunakú—the language in which she was raised. Tutunakú is the home language of approximately 220,000 people in the Mexican states of Puebla and Veracruz.
Get Up the Nerve
Xnexte moxayak Xkimochpana ojtsitsintin ika tetlajpaloltin niman tetlakaitalistin. Xkimitite mokoneuan kenejke nokuikatlaliaj tototsitsintin. Xkimitite makitekitiltikan niman matlajtokan koyotsitsintin intlajtol. Tla mochan tikinpiya amoxtin kuajkon xmomaxte xamapoua. Xchante ika pakilistle, xchijcha niman ipan xchojcholo tlaueltsintle. Xkinkake ueyetekiuajkej, kemaj xkimaxile intlajtoltsitsiuan niman ika xkinxayakauijuiteke.
Our Mountains
Poetry & Translation – Issue 35 Totepeuan Ipan se xopanokualkan nopetsouaj ken tokojkoluan. Kuajchapaniaj imixkuatsontsin uan sa istak niman sa yektle. Matikintlajtlatakan totepetsitsiuan niman matikonemilikan kech ueye intlachalis yotikimixtekilijkej. Maka tej matikintsonuiuitlakan pampa impan intsontsin, ompa kochej tekolomej, ompa noxinachuiaj kojchikimolimej, ompa nokajkalaniaj tokatsitsintin iuan tsinakamej ipan se tlapoyaua.
Rootwoman One
Poetry & Translation – Issue 35 Neluasiuatsintle se Tajua tej monantsin ajakatsintle, noche tlajtoltin mokoneuan. Motokayo te melauak notlakaita niman moajuiyalis xochiistak, melauak nomoyaua ken xopanayajtle. Xtsotsolo mopeyoyotsin ijuitlakeme pampa ijkon kojtsitsintin noyekkuikatiskej niman on tlakamej uan kintokayotsia “indios”, oksejpa mamitsnojnojtsakan ika inxochitlajtoltsin. ¡Amo xpatla tokojkoltlajtol! Mujer raíz uno Eres hija del viento, madre de todas las lenguas.
3.4 FENCE 37/38 Poetry and Fiction by Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer, Jessica Holburn, Veronica Kuhn, Stella Corso, Mona Kareem, a smith, Laura Mullen, Ashunda Norris, Ted Dodson, Michael Holt, Adra Raine, Rob McLennan with Music by Dave JaVu
FENCE Magazine - Poetry Fiction Essay Other 3.4 FENCE 37/38 Poetry and Fiction by Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer, Jessica Holburn, Veronica Kuhn, Stella Corso, Mona Kareem, a smith, Laura Mullen, Ashunda Norris, Ted Dodson, Michael Holt, Adra Raine, Rob McLennan with Music by Dave JaVu Sep 29, 2021 Jason Zuzga Welcome to Fence Sounds, Season 3, Episode 3, with readings from the Fence Double print issue, number 37/38 Spring Summer 2021.
Spring Contest Winner in Translation: The Odd Month
THE YELLOW FOREST Near the end of the hours, the background is the yellow forest of the painting; a day on which deer, and all else that is born and will one day die, are bound by an impossible connection. Two days prior, they learn how to pray: if what crowns the sky is a root, then I believe. Two days later, they sit in the sun, in a frame of white light, where the idea of the sky lies beneath their feet.
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