One of the great things about being a writer, or an artist, is that sometimes you get to collaborate with other writers and artists, and I have been involved in quiet a few projects over the last few years with some fellow writers. Dorsaf Garbaa is a young writer/poet from Tunisia, and we worked together on the following poem cycle, see Levure link below, which was part of a greater project that we never got to finish, unfortunately. I particularly loved translating Dorsaf's souvenir pieces from her past, growing up with her parents in the historical city of Carthage and Bizerte. You feel so privileged to be able to enter into these other worlds, as a translator/transverser and fellow writer, as it is an act of total trust and confidence when someone allows you to do so.
http://levurelitteraire.com/thomas-brezing-artist-germany-dorsaf-garbaa-poet-tunisia-ceejay-rapperpoet-belgium-peter-o-neill-translatortransverse-poet-ireland/
Do also check out the wonderful rap by the Belgian poet and rapper CeeJay, and of course the wonderful paintings and art work of the German artist, and local man, Thomas Brezing. A great big thank you to the Romanian - German writer Carmen Francesca Banciu and to Rodica Draghincescu for publishing all of the above in LEVURE. Two wonderful souls who have been very generous to me over the years.
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