An Interview with Burcu Sahin and Jennifer Hayashida on Embroideries
To celebrate the poetry debut Embroideries by Burcu Sahin, translated from Swedish by Jennifer Hayashida, Litmus Press intern Dahlia Olivo interviewed Sahin and Hayashida on writing, crafting, translating and finishing the collection. Plus, some advice for young writers and translators! Read more below. DO: Burcu, how did you end up writing Embroideries? When did […]
Adnan’s Voyage, War, and Exile
This is the third post in a series of engagements by Litmus authors, translators, and editors reflecting on the connection of their work to the ongoing struggle and violence, current and historical, in Palestine. Rooted in our commitment to creating and maintaining space for international exchange and dialogue, Litmus Press has launched this series, War […]
Hocine Tandjaoui: Tribute to Allen Ginsberg
This is the second post in a series of engagements by Litmus authors, translators, and editors reflecting on the connection of their work to the ongoing struggle and violence, current and historical, in Palestine. Rooted in our commitment to creating and maintaining space for international exchange and dialogue, Litmus Press is launching this series, War […]
Lyn Hejinian
“with sun up / and down dark on / and on as life continues / ending with urgency / —that— / a predatory subjectivity feels / drawn between banks / from higher grounds down / like an infant sliding / from a gravid mom awash / with inexperience…” —Lyn Hejinian, from Fall Creek It’s […]
Olivia C. Harrison: On Palestine Solidarity
This is the first post in a series of engagements by Litmus authors, translators, and editors reflecting on the connection of their work to the ongoing struggle and violence, current and historical, in Palestine. Rooted in our commitment to creating and maintaining space for international exchange and dialogue, Litmus Press is launching this series, War […]
Notes from the Portal: Berlin’s kari edwards Workshop & Gathering
This past month me and Berlin-based poet and educator emet ezell gathered writers at Berlin’s Hopscotch Reading Room to write alongside the work of experimental poet and trans-rights activist kari edwards. We met on the 2nd of December, both the birth- and death-day of edwards. Poetry is always spellwork of course, but some days the […]
24-Hour International Reading, Organizing, and Direct Aid
International Reading for Freedom of Expression & Solidarity with Palestine On November 25th, we gather writers from around the world for a 24-hour reading in support of Palestinian writers, Palestinian voices in diaspora, and their allies. We gather in the spirit of fundamental respect for life and liberation. As individual poets, artists & writers, and […]
Our Newest eBook: It’s go in/ Quiet illumined grass/ Land by Leslie Scalapino.
We’re thrilled to be launching our third eBook, It’s go in/ Quiet illumined grass/ Land by Leslie Scalapino – out now! This publication is part of Open Poetics Series 1: our series of free, digital-critical editions designed for readers, scholars, students and teachers. It’s go in/ Quiet illumined grass/ Land is a book-length poem, first […]
Alchemy of Species: on Will Alexander’s The Coming Mental Range
For Will Alexander, philosophy “means inquiry into the broadest view, into the most encompassing range, taking into account the known and what is considered to be the unknown.” This malleable and generous approach is also what animates the writer’s poetics, defined by the understanding that “poetry is aboriginal utterance.” The convergence of these two principals […]
New Teaching Resource: Experimental Performance Scenarios
We are pleased to share our newly published Litmus Teaching Guide, Experimental Performance Scenarios, a three-book reference map exploring the constellation of thinking around performance writing. For this guide, we have prepared discussion questions and generative prompts focusing on containment scenario: DisloInter MedTextId entCation: Horse Medicine by M. Mara-Ann (O Books 2009), The Supposium: Thought […]