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Tal Nitzán's interior design, exterior chaos

Tal Nitzán's interior design, exterior chaos

FromIsrael in Translation


Tal Nitzán's interior design, exterior chaos

FromIsrael in Translation

ratings:
Length:
5 minutes
Released:
Jun 10, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Tal Nitzán is the author of five poetry books and one children's book, and the editor of three poetry anthologies. Born in Jaffa of Argentine descent, she has resided in Buenos Aires, Bogotá, and New York. Here is an extract from the poem 'Mountain High,' which depicts the tall, oppressive buildings of Tel Aviv, where Nitzán is currently living:

I went up to the roofone day in Maya day that spread upon the sky a sheetthe shade of mustard of an orange of an H-bomband the long arduous craving for rainrose as a howl from the parking lots

Host Marcela Sulak also reads Nitzan's poems 'Canary,' 'Grace,' and 'A Cart with a Mare' - the latter is set in the Gaza Strip and inspired by a Haaretz report by Amira Hass from May 2004.
 
Text:
Poetry International Rotterdam
Further Reading:
At the End of Sleep (Restless Books, 2014, e-book).To the Inner Court (with artist Tsibi Geva, Even Hoshen Books 2015).
 
Music:
Anat Gutman feat. Tal Nitzán - Mountain HighAvshalom Cohen - A Cart With A Mare (Agala Im Sussa)
 
Released:
Jun 10, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Exploring Israeli literature in English translation. Host Marcela Sulak takes you through Israel’s literary countryside, cityscapes, and psychological terrain, and the lives of the people who create it.