World Literature Festival: Recommended Poetry Books
The New York Public Library’s World Literature Festival celebrates books and writers from around the world and reflects the languages spoken in our communities. Discover free author talks, resources, book recommendations, and more for all ages in world languages.
The New York Public Library has kicked off its second annual World Literature Festival with an online conversation featuring Fady Joudah, Tomás Q. Morín, and Niina Pollari (see below). The panel “Poetry Across Languages” invited the poets to share their work, as well as speak about the challenges and nuances of being both a writer and a translator. We had an engaging discussion, facilitated by NYPL library staffers Belinda Farley, Leanna Frankland, and J. Shapiro.
Poetry Across Languages with Fady Joudah, Tomás Q. Morín, and Niina Pollari
Recommended Reading
Here are a few of our favorite titles from the panelists that are available for checkout via the Library’s catalog.
Tethered to Stars: Poems
by Fady Joudah
Joudah’s latest collection finds mystical beauty in the science of the night sky.
You Can Be the Last Leaf: Selected Poems
by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, translated by Fady Joudah
Selections from the work of Palestinian poet Maya Abu Al-Hayyat as translated and introduced by Fady Joudah.
Dead Horse
by Niina Pollari
Pollari’s debut collection turns its gaze on the everyday objects and events of our lives, making them into poetry.
The Heights of Machu Picchu
by Pablo Neruda, translated by Tomás Q. Morín
Read Neruda’s acclaimed collection of poetry inspired by the ruins of Machu Picchu in this translation by poet Tomás Q. Morín.
Machete: Poems
by Tomás Q. Morín
Morín’s latest collection addresses identity issues in our violent contemporary culture with a fierce intelligence.
Path of Totality: Poems
by Niina Pollari
Pollari examines the profound grief of losing her child in this deeply moving collection.
Patient Zero
by Tomás Q. Morín
The heartaches of love are the subject of Tomás Q. Morín’s unforgettable second collection.
The Silence That Remains: Selected Poems, 1982-2003
by Zaqtan Ghassan, translated by Fady Joudah
Fady Joudah selected and translated poems that represent twenty years of Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan’s work for this collection.
