Name: Why & How to Read Poetry in Translation
Start: 2025-06-01T12:45:00-0700
End: 2025-06-01T13:45:00-0700

Sunday June 1, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT

As fabulist Italo Calvino said, “The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.” In this panel discussion, three translators share their love of, and work with, translated poetry. Their discussion will include how best to engage with translated texts, how to work in co-translation teams, and the benefits of engaging in translation as a poet. Q&A to follow panel discussion.

Speakers

Jennifer Jean

Jennifer Jean’s poetry collections include VOZ, Object Lesson, and The Fool. Her resource book is Object Lesson: a Guide to Writing Poetry. Along with Iraqi poet Dr. Hanaa Ahmad Jabr, she's co-written and co-translated a correspondence in Arabic and English poems, titled Where do... Read More →

J.D. Scrimgeour

"J.D. Scrimgeour is the author of six poetry collections, the most recent being Small, Rectangular, Reflected World (Nixes Mate, 2025). Among his other collections is a book of bilingual poetry, 香蕉面包 /Banana Bread. With musician Philip Swanson, he released Ogunquit & Other... Read More →

Jonathan Bennett Bonilla

Jonathan Bennett Bonilla are a Professor of Philosophy and Creative Writing at Middlesex Community College. They received their PhD in Philosophy from The European Graduate School and their MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College. A chapbook of their poetry, What Matters... Read More →

Sunday June 1, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
PEM - Groups Hub 32 Derby Square Salem, MA 01970 USA

The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

Jennifer Jean

J.D. Scrimgeour

Jonathan Bennett Bonilla

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