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Nox, Anne Carson

by andrewkooman on February 3, 2011

I had to rearrange my living room to read and appreciate Anne Carson’s book Nox (see proof below).  The book is an epitaph for her brother Michael. It is an ahistorical history of the man, explained through translated description of ancient words in Greek, pieced together like the tattered letters and collage included in the [...]

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“Nazar” Translated into Romanian

by andrewkooman on September 22, 2010

I was pleased to get word today that my short story “Nazar,” winner of the 2004 Hobson Prize for Fiction, has appeared in the Romanian literary journal EgoPhobia. The story appears in the online journal in English and Romanian. The translation was done by Laura Badea of MTTLC, a partner of EgoPhobia.  MTTLC is the [...]

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My Words in Dutch + Swedish

by andrewkooman on June 28, 2010

I was pretty excited today to get two different packages in the mail.  The first was the Swedish translation of the new issue of Eye See Magazine, which is a social justice-focused magazine based out of Colorado.  Published into English and Swedish each issue, it is distributed in seven countries.  This particular issue features one [...]

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a week at the UofN

by ak on October 25, 2008

The Kona campus of the University of the Nations is a busy place. It’s neat to be at the hub of Youth With A Mission International.  At any time of any day you bump into people from all over the world: Korea (especially), Nigeria, Sweden, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Canada… well, you [...]

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