from As Long As Trees Take Root in the Earth and Other Poems

from Congo-Brazzaville, is considered one of Francophone Africa’s most prolific and critically acclaimed contemporary writers. A finalist for the Man Booker Prize, he is a professor at UCLA. This selection comes from As Long As Trees Take Root in the Earth and Other Poems (Seagull Books, 2021).

twice an NEA literature translation grant recipient, has published eleven titles (seven translated).  An Infusion of Violets (Seagull Books, 2019) was called “new & noteworthy” by the New York Times. Her translation of Khal Torabully’s Cargo Hold of Stars: Coolitude (Seagull Books, 2021) was published in February. More at nancynaomicarlson.com.