{"title":"Nikola Madzirov","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoet, essayist, and translator Nikola Madzirov has emerged as one of the most powerful voices of new European poetry. His work has been translated into thirty languages and published in collections and anthologies in the US, Latin America, Europe and Asia. His collection \u003cem\u003eRemnants of Another Age\u003c\/em\u003e was translated from the Macedonian and published by BOA in 2011. Madzirov has participated at many international literary festivals and events in the US and abroad and has received several international awards and fellowships, from such varied places as the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, Literarisches Tandem in Berlin, KulturKontakt in Vienna, the Internationales Haus der Autoren in Graz, the Literartur Haus NÖ in Krems, and Villa Waldberta in Munich. \u003cspan\u003eIn 2012, he was chosen to represent Macedonia at the Olympic Poetry Parnassus in London. \u003c\/span\u003eHe is one of the coordinators of the world poetry network \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.lyrikline.org\/en\/home\/\"\u003elyrikline.org\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"remnants-of-another-age","title":"Remnants of Another Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"MK\"\u003eBorn 1973 in a family of Balkan Wars refugees, Nikola Madzirov’s poetry has already been translated into thirty languages and published in collections and anthologies in the U.S., Europe and Asia. A regular participant in international literary festivals, he has received several international awards including an International Writing Program fellowship at the \u003cplace\u003e\u003cplacetype w:st=\"on\"\u003eUniversity\u003c\/placetype\u003e of \u003cplacename w:st=\"on\"\u003eIowa\u003c\/placename\u003e\u003c\/place\u003e. \u003cem\u003eRemnants of Another Age\u003c\/em\u003e is his first full-length American collection and will carry a Foreword by Carolyn Forche who writes, “Nikola Madzirov\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es \u003cem\u003eRemnants of Another Age\u003c\/em\u003e is aptly titled, as these poems seem to spring from elsewhere in time, reflective of a preternaturally wise and attentive sensibility. As we read these poems, they begin to inhabit us, and we are the better for having opened ourselves to them. Madzirov is a rare soul and a true poet.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003ePresence\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePut on the space suit of the night\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand slice the apple in two\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewithout damaging the seeds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eStop on the quiet bridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand let your shadow float away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCup your hands above your head \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003elike a crystal wineglass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand wait for the first drops of rain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewhen the pilotless aircraft depart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBe a dream, a mezzanine,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003esesame seeds at the bottom of the package,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA ‘deer’ sign by the road, an alphabet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eknown to only two people—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eyou and the one who doesn’t believe you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBe alone, but not lonely,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eso that the sky can embrace you,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eso that you can embrace the lonely earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eRemnants of Another Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"MK\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eThese poems move mysteriously by means of a profound inner concentration, giving expression to the deepest laws of the mind. Their linguistic ‘making’ is informed by and vivid evidence of a serious self-making, soul-making, and heart-making. We are lucky to have these English incarnations of Nikola Madzirov.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"MK\"\u003e—Li-Young Lee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2011\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8420132229,"sku":"9781934414507","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/REMNANTS_OF_ANOTHER.jpg?v=1527683332"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/collections\/madzirov2_08475769-5132-4733-bca2-7af23e35aca9.jpg?v=1453995777","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/nikola-madzirov.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}