Join us for the book launch of Come Closer \, I Don't Mind the Silence by Miriam Calleja. Poetry written on two conti nents over 15 months takes us from island life in the Mediterranean to the American South. The poet finds refuge and understanding in watery dreamsc apes\; she calls to nature and the elements to piece together a path to wh ere she is right now. What is she but a woman in constant translation?
\nHybridity\, a change in rhythm\, and the use of space craft a collect ion that exhibits its wounds with its joys and does not draw clear lines b etween memory and dream logic. We are taken to dark caves and metamorphosi zed until we recognize the self again. And just as we think we've begun to understand\, the walls of the dream are set on fire.
\nCalleja writ es on existential themes and aspects of violence\, renewal\, navigating th e world as a woman\, and longing. She flirts with the unsayable and questi ons what keeps us alive (even in our darkness) and what keeps our fingers on cave walls (even when we cannot see the light). Hope and loneliness lie down together&mdash\;anything to language the noise.
\nMiriam Calle ja gives herself and others permission to write. She is a nonfiction/ficti on writer\, translator\, workshop host\, and poet. She is the Maltese bili ngual author of poetry collections \;Pomegranate Heart\, \;Inside\ , \;Stranger Intimacy\, the chapbooks \;Remember \;and \;T he joy of the unknown fictitious monster\, and the collaboration \;Luf tmeer. Her essays and poems have appeared in \;Platform Review\, \ ;Whale Road Review\, \;Tupelo Quarterly\, \;Modern Poetry in Trans lation \;and elsewhere. Her work has been translated and anthologized worldwide. She has read at the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival (Ma lta)\, Schamrock Festival for Women Poets (Germany)\, Poetry on the Lake ( Italy)\, Wednesday Night Poets (online\, US)\, and AWP 2023 (Seattle\, US) . \;Read more on \;miriamcalleja.com.
\nView Miriam's portfo lio at \;authory.com/miriamcalleja
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