Susanne Ayoub was invited to the international Gerard Manley Hopkins Poetry Festival in Kildare, Ireland
21 – 28 July, 2017
Susanne Ayoub reads from the books of poetry SPRICHST DU MIT MIR / You talking to Me and LIEBE / Love. On Fulfilled, Unrequited, and Faded Love.
Nedra Bickham reads the translations into American English by Geoffrey Howes (in collaboration with Nedra Bickham)
Bridle, a drawing by Rima Al-Juburi
YOUR ELEMENTS
Your eyes’ nightvelvet
moonskin mild
firetongue
breathless storm
resting
in the shade of your lashes
aus dem Amerikanischen Geoffrey Howes
Rivers of Babylon, Watercolor by Rima Al-Jubur
Your Elements
The velvet of your eyes
As tender as the moon
tongue of fire
breathless storm
suspension
in the shadow of your lashes
aus dem Amerikanischen Nedra Bickham
A short poem from the book SPRICHST DU MIT MIR / You Talking to Me, but Geoffrey Howes’s and Nedra Bickham’s translations, both created in collaboration with the author, differ significantly.
The pictures by Rima Al-Juburi are reproduced in the book.
SUSANNE AYOUB, author, and ELISABETH STRATKA, Producer of the Ö1 program HÖRBILDER (Radio Features) discuss the Baghdad Project, which Susanne Ayoub began in 2002 with two trips to Iraq.
A Story.
In “Alfred Hrdlicka und der Fall Flora. Reportage einer mörderischen Hörigkeit”
(Alfred Hrdlicka and the Flora Case. A Report on a Deadly Dependency)
WEDNESDAY, April 20, 7:00 PM
