Transparencies by Maria Borio, trans. by Danielle Pieratti Leonard Nolens With poems on all major

With poems on all major sporting disciplines

slayings and many birds

as this brilliant book makes plain

August Kleinzahler describes Cullen’s poetry: “If there’s a musical analogue for this poetry it’s the swoosh and sizzle of wire brushes swept across the frum head or the Chinese cymbal

Transparencies by Maria Borio, trans. by Danielle Pieratti Leonard Nolens With poems on all majorMaria Borios TRANSPARENCIES is the visceral and surreal English language debut of one of Italys most promising younger poets. Brimming with windows, screens, and high rise glass, Maria Borios first English language collection confronts the interpersonal crises of contemporary lives caught between two worldsone ancient and abiding, the other rapid, digital, and increasingly diverse. Translator Danielle Pieratti captures the dissonance of Borios sharp