"Doesn’t a translator possess a double life, roaming between two languages? What about the poet-translator, like Stallings, who keeps one foot (no pun intended) in antiquity, the other in 21st-century Athens? ‘Nostalgia and tear gas have the same acrid smack,’ she notes wryly in ‘After a Greek Proverb’, the opening poem of her most recent collection."
Resources for Supporting and Uplifting the Black Community
Vera Institute of Justice: "We work with others who share our vision to tackle the most pressing injustices of our day—from the causes and consequences of mass incarceration, racial disparities, and the loss of public trust in law enforcement, to the unmet needs of the vulnerable, the marginalized, and those harmed by crime and violence."
Black Women Radicals: "Black Women Radicals (BWR) is a Black feminist advocacy organization dedicated to uplifting and cultivating Black women’s radical political activism."
Critical Resistance:"As an abolitionist organization, Critical Resistance supports abolitionist reforms to dismantle the systems of policing and works to create viable alternatives in our communities."
Poetry Daily stands with the Black community. We oppose racism, oppression, and police brutality. We will continue to amplify diverse voices in the poetry world. Black Lives Matter.
"Early in my encounter with poetry 'The Fish' taught me that description has the ability to consecrate and even transubstantiate what’s being looked at, especially if it’s an object or thing, like a fish. In Bishop’s poem, the moment of consecration takes place as the speaker considers his eyes and notices among other things how 'They shifted a little, but not/ to return my stare.'"
