Evolutionary Poems by Mihret Kibede, translated by anna moschovakis

About the book:

The 100 poems by Ethiopian writer and artist Mihret Kebede in #evolutionarypoems are rhythmic and direct reactions to contemporary political events. These poems turn over hard questions about protest and power with an attention to everyday life that is woven inside political witness. #evolutionarypoems shows how revolution is not linear and how a deep connection to homeland lives inside of critique. The book is Kebede’s first published in English and Amharic.

About the author:

Mihret Kebede is a multidisciplinary artist and poet from Ethiopia. Her art and writing has appeared in Circumference Magazine, Lyrikline, Modernist Art in Ethiopia, Washington Square Review, World Literature Today, and elsewhere, including the anthologies Wax and Gold: Poetry Jazz and Songs We Learn from Trees. The recipient of an award from the Ethiopian Ministry of Culture for her art and organizing work, she co-founded Tobiya Poetic Jazz, Netsa Art Village Artists Collective, and the Addis International Video Art Festival. Kebede is a PhD candidate at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. This is her first book of poetry.

anna moschovakis will moderate a conversation about the book.

anna moschovakis works with poetry and prose as a writer, editor, translator, publisher, teacher, and designer. Her six books include An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth (2024) and They and We Will Get into Trouble for This (2016). Her translation of David Diop’s novel At Night All Blood Is Black was awarded the 2021 International Booker Prize. She is a longtime member of the publishing collective Ugly Duckling Presse, and recently, she launched Dirt Editions, an informally distributed pamphlet press.

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