The Water People by Vénus Khoury-Ghata, trans. by Marilyn Hacker
PBS Autumn Translation Choice 2022 Alexander Tvardovsky through patterns of interference

through patterns of interference

it looks forward

but are all unknown to each other

These poems contain the uncontainable

delight and challenge readers of poetry with its open-eyed love of life and language

The Water People by Vénus Khoury-Ghata, trans. by Marilyn Hacker <br> <b> PBS Autumn Translation Choice 2022</b> Alexander Tvardovsky through patterns of interferenceVnus Khoury Ghata is an outstanding figure in contemporary literature, with a prolific output in both poetry and prose. She is celebrated for her immersive landscapes and folkloric narratives, drawn from her upbringing in Lebanon but expressed in the language of France, where she has lived since 1972. In Khoury Ghatas poetry, Arabic and French literary traditions merge like water from the river and the waterfall. Her mesmeric sequences plunge us into