Plume Issues
Plume: Issue #138 February 2023
Poems
Poem by Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917-1945) translated from Polish by Alex Braslavsky
While Another Dove Nude into the Breakers
Sea Otters, Missiles, Sardines
On Brueghel’s the Tower of Bable
Dream Vision of Theodore Roethke
Three poems from The Abduction by Maram Al-Masri, translated from French by Hélène Cardona
The Poets and Translators Speak
Cardona, Bassen, Filkins, et. al.
Book Review
Jody Stewart’s ‘This Momentary World’ reviewed by Timothy Liu
Featured Selection
The Occult Power of bon mots, mots justes; Quantum Hopping with Angie Estes from Nancy Mitchell
Essays and Comment
Two Essays on Charles Simic by Donovan McAbee and Chard deNiord
Plume: Issue #137 January 2023
Poems
Photographer’s Song & Nothing Song
On Not Translating Polish Poets
Agnus Dei, Winslow Wants a Gun, Omega Street
California King, Head of the Meadow and A Miracle of Saint Anthony
Washing Women, Cathedral and Sky
Unbeckoning Glass and Time Faking Surprises
The Poets and Translators Speak
Culhane, basta, Cisewski, et. al.
Book Review
Say Them With Me: Disruptive Lyricism in Jos Charles’ a Year & other poems reviewed by Cassandra Whitaker
Featured Selection
Clarifying the Disorder of Catastrophe: In Conversation with Poet/Playwright Dan O’Brien by Amanda Newell
Essays and Comment
The Road Goes On Forever and The Party Never Ends by David Kirby