{"title":"Judith Kerman","description":"\u003cp\u003eJudith Kerman is a poet, performer, and artist who has published eight books or chapbooks of poetry. Her most recent work, \u003cem\u003eGalvanic Response \u003c\/em\u003ewas published by March Street Press. She has published two translations from Spanish: \u003cem\u003eA Woman in Her Garden: Selected Poems of Dulce María Loynaz \u003c\/em\u003e(White Pine Press, 2002) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/translations\/products\/praises-offenses-three-women-poets-from-the-dominican-republic-translated\" title=\"Praises and Offences: Three Women Poets from the Dominican Republic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraises and Offenses: Three Women Poets from the Dominican Republic \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e(BOA Editions, 2009). Kerman was a Fulbright Scholar to the Dominican Republic where she translated poetry and fiction by Dominican women. She was also awarded the Abbie M. Kopps Poetry Prize and an Honorable Mention from the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"praises-offenses-three-women-poets-from-the-dominican-republic-translated","title":"Praises \u0026 Offenses: Three Women Poets from the Dominican Republic Translated","description":"\u003ch5\u003eAida Cartagena Portalatín  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAngela Hernández Núñez  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYlonka Nacidit-Perdomo \u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the three poets presented in this bilingual collection present a rich contrast of linguistic and stylistic elements, each of them addresses shared political and cultural issues, illuminating what it means to be a woman living in the modern day Dominican Republic. Judith Kerman, who has translated a number of female poets from the Caribbean, notes that “contemporary women poets from the Dominican Republic are the most under-served group when it comes to English-language translation, in particular full-length collections or anthologies.” Thus, this exciting new anthology from BOA contains much that was previously unavailable to the English reader, and is a unique literary event to be celebrated.  \"Praises \u0026amp; Offenses is proof positive that going South is a worthwhile journey.\" --\u003cem\u003eMolossus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Woman is Alone\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman is alone. Alone with her stature.\u003cbr\u003eWith her open eyes. With her open arms.\u003cbr\u003eWith her heart open like a wide silence.\u003cbr\u003eShe waits in the desperate and despairing night without losing hope.\u003cbr\u003eShe thinks she is in the flagship\u003cbr\u003ewith the saddest light of creation.\u003cbr\u003eAlready she has hoisted her sails and let herself be carried by the North wind\u003cbr\u003ein accelerated flight before the eyes of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman is alone. She holds her dreams fast with dreams,\u003cbr\u003ethe dreams that remain to her, and all the sky of the Antilles.\u003cbr\u003eSolemn and quiet before the world that is a human stone,\u003cbr\u003ein motion, adrift, lost in the sense \u003cbr\u003eof its own word, its useless word. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman is alone.  She thinks that now everything is nothing\u003cbr\u003eand no one says anything from the party to the mourning\u003cbr\u003eabout the blood that leaps, about the blood that runs\u003cbr\u003eabout the blood that is born or dies of death. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNobody comes forward to offer her a dress\u003cbr\u003eto clothe her voice that sobs naked, spelling itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman is alone.  She feels, and her truth drowns----\u003cbr\u003ein thoughts that translate the beauty of the rose,\u003cbr\u003eof the star, of love, of man and of God. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eby Aída Cartagena Portalatín\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable Editions:\u003cbr\u003e-------------------------------------------------------------------------- I\u003cbr\u003ePaperback $16.00\u003cbr\u003ePublishing Date: 2009\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8420001029,"sku":"9781934414309","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/PRAISES_AND_OFFENSES.jpg?v=1527683320"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/collections\/judith_kerman.jpg?v=1525883921","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/judith-kerman.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}