✨ Book Launch #ተንከባላይግጥሞች / #EvolutionaryPoems by Mihret Kebede @mihret_kebede translated Anna Moschovakis @goodutopian with sound artists Bassano Bonelli @baxxano and Tahereh Nourani @nouranitahereh
Publisher: Circumference Books @circbooks
🗓 June 6th, 2026 7pm @MEZEKERE art space.We are delighted to invite you to the launch of #ተንከባላይግጥሞች / #EvolutionaryPoems, a bilingual (Amharic-English) collection by Mihret Kebede and co-translator Anna Moschovakis, which was recently recognized by the New York Public Library as one of the 25 best poetry books selected from over 200.
This moment celebrates not only the book, but also a long journey of artistic practice and research that has been shaped over several years.
With 209 poems the #evolutionarypoems series traces cycles of unrest, resistance, and silenced voices for seven years within Ethiopia’s socio-political landscape offering poetry as both a knowledge production force and a methodological intervention to study these patterns. More than a collection, this work is a gesture towards healing; it reflects a practice of self-confrontation and balance while inviting a shared space for reflection and possibility. Through each line, it acknowledges past and present struggles, while holding space for a possible future and collective transformation, seeking to examine and recognize recurring patterns of intricate events and silenced voices. At its core, the collection explores silence not as absence or void, but as a powerful form of communication and resistance with its own agency and multifaceted expressions in a given society. Developed over seven years as part of a PhD project, this collection has the first 100 evolutionarypoems with their English translations and notes.
🔊 Accompanying Performance: A trio formed through a collaborative project between artist/poet Mihret Kebede and sound artists Bassano Bonelli Bassano and Tahereh Nourani. A multilingual encounter of poetry, sound, and improvisation - listening through trembling silence, expanding resonance, and vibrations pulsating between intimacy and intensity.
#Exciting #News, dears 🎯🥰🙏🏾💥
#ተንከባላይግጥሞች
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The renowned and prestigious New York Public Library @nypl committee reviewed over #200 poetry books and selected 25 of the best, and I was informed that my book is one of them!
It truly feels incredible! 🥰
My deepest thanks go to the translator, the thoughtful and generous Anna Moschovakis, and to my publisher Jenny at Circumference Books.
My special thanks to the wonderful Tseday Wondimu (Dr)
This book is a central part of my PhD research, a project I have been working on for seven years exploring Silence across social, political, historical, and Ethiopian proverbs and expressions.
The first piece in the series, (evolutionarypoems1), was also developed during my MA studies in 2015, where I worked on Silence and presented it alongside my artistic practice.
To see the selected books and learn more, please click the link below or the link in my bio.
/books-more/recommendations/poetry-2026/adults
To buy the book: /book/evolutionary-poems
@africandiasporicartivists_at@nj_versifirep
📌 What a day ! #በጣም #የሚያምር ድንቅ ጊዜ💥
ከውብ መስተንግዶና ውይይት ጋር 🥰💥🙏🏾
#ተንከባላይግጥሞቾ #evolutionarypoems
That was such a powerful and #unforgettable moment we shared together!
@ Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship, Macalester College , Minnesota ( የቀድሞ "የተባበሩት" መንግስታት ጸሐፊ ጋሽ ኮፊ አናን እዚህ ኮሌጅ ነው የተማሩት)
Thanks to the great hosts, Prof. Hui Wilcox and Liz Bolsoni
Thank you Anna Moschovakis my great collaborator and friend 🥰🙏🏾
Thank you a lot Meriye for your wonderful reading and care, I am honored to have you
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Thank you Micky for sharing your wonderful Vision in film and more!
Thank you to the brilliantly enthusiastic students! I appreciate how progressive and kind you all are 🥰🙏🏾
Dereje Wudmatas ,Thank you Ertale Restaurant for the great hospitality
Aklilu Temesgen you are simply the best 🙏🏾🥰 Thank you so much!
Many thanks to circumfrrencebooks Jennifer Kronovet
To buy the book:-
/book/evolutionary-poems
📌🥰 #Next #Stop
#በሴንት #ፖል #ሚኒሶታ ላላችሁ !
St.Paul, Minnesota, usa
With my Co-translater Anna Moschovakis 🥰
Friday, Feb13 12pm
@ Macalester College Campus: Markim Hall, 1595 grand Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105
Host - Prof. Hui Wilcox with
Elizabeth Bolsoni
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Booktour
Published by : Circumference Books
To buy the book here :- 👇🏾
/book/evolutionary-poems
Red Pine wrote this to Andrew Schelling after receiving OLD TIME LOVE SONG MAGIC in the mail. If no one gave you a copy of this book for the holidays, maybe it's time to get one for yourself?
Rest in peace, Vinod Kumar Shukla, who died today at the age of 88. His writing was described by Amit Chaudhuri as “a compelling combination of strangeness, acute observation, love of life, unexpected thinking, and an air of normality that adds to the strangeness.” Yes. With endless gratitude to Arvind for carrying the words so carefully and joyously into English.
