✨ new book out in november, with a beautiful cover designed by @greggkulick and @nlcaputo , incorporating a film still from true genius @deltaromoeosierra - be still my heart!
ty @mensah.demary , everyone at @softskullpress , and @ae_akinwumi - i am lucky to be in such good hands
(slides 2 and 3 are for those who remember the mid-90s-era basement of the three of cups, where i somewhat indirectly first learned about soft skull, post-shift, several ten-highs in, via a play, maybe not this one but a different one the next year, but what anyway is time)
'An earthquake is a shaking of the surface of the earth' comes out next tuesday, and I'm looking forward to spending these evenings in conversation with fellow writers and friends ~ come by if you can! with gratitude to everyone at @softskullpress and to all these hosts and interlocutors.
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Nov 18 7pm -- BROOKLYN
Community Bookstore (Park Slope)
w/ Jeremy Tiang
Nov 21 7pm -- LOS ANGELES
Skylight Books
w/ Janet Sarbanes
Dec 3 7pm -- TORONTO
Type Books (Queen)
w/ Claire Foster
Dec 13 7pm -- BROOKLYN
The Word Is Change
w/ Claire DeVoogd & Stacy Skolnik
Dec 14 6pm -- DELHI, NY
The Lost Bookshop
w/ Iris Cushing
afterparty at @bushelcollective
Dec 15 6pm -- PROVIDENCE, RI
Riffraff
w/ Stine An
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✨ 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.
delhi-area friends, I'll be hosting this on friday at bushel with @irismarble , come by! 6-8pm, acrostic intros (credit to early zinc bar tradition), sweet vibes always
💥 come out if you can for the unmissable @mihret_kebede performing poems from our co-translation of Mihret's #evolutionarypoems, out now from Circumference Books 💥
Tuesday, Nov 25, 6pm
Austin, Texas
at Alienated Majesty
with Koan Brink
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Thursday, Dec 4, 7pm
Washington, D.C.
at Lost City Books
Reading and Circumference Book Launch
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Friday, Dec 5, 7pm
Arlington, Virginia
Marymount University Ballston Center
Reading & Conversation
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Sunday, Dec 7, 6pm
Boston, MA
Civic Pavilion
5 Congress St, Boston MA
Performance with music by Thalia Zedek
free, but rsvp to reserve a spot (Link in Bio)
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More dates to come in January -- NYC, upstate NY -- and in Europe in spring 🚀
@alienatedmajestybooks@lostcitybooks@heather_kapplow@circbooks@mihret_kebede
Tonight at 6 - we are in Austin! Absolutely thrilled for the first reading @mihret_kebede and I are doing from this new co-translated and bilingual book of the first 100 poems from Mihret's ongoing 'evolutionary poems' cycle, published beautifully by @circbooks And we're delighted to share space with @pale_interiors at alienated majesty.
more events coming up in early Deember (eastern seabord and northeast) and we'll be back in early January to read in NYC and upstate NY. come on out!
🔥 Words + Music #4 🔥 Eboné Bishop , Marianne Shaneen, and Zach Layton
Fri, Nov 21, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Join us for an evening of poetry and music with writers Eboné Bishop and Marianne Shaneen, and musical guest Zach Layton. Words + Music is a seasonal series hosted by Iris Cushing and anna moschovakis.
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mingling at 6 / show starts around 6:30, ends by 8. no required entry fee but we pass the hat for the performers ⚡
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#evolutionarypoems are here!
Happy publication to @mihret_kebede and @goodutopian
100 poems, all rhythmic experiments that turn over hard questions about protest, power, daily life as a political witness.
In Amharic & English. Translated by two friends in collaboration.
Buy now in the 🔗
Distributed by @asterism_books
Join us for a release event to celebrate Alterations by Cori Winrock @c_winrock from @transitbooks
The event will take place on August 21st at 7PM and will feature a conversation between Cori Winrock and Anna Moschovakis. Signed copies will be available for purchase, and light refreshments will be served!
Address: 300 S Santa Fe Ave
Los Angeles, CA
