{"product_id":"syllables-of-flesh-paperback","title":"Syllables of Flesh - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFloarea Țuțuianu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdam J. Sorkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eGiannetti Irma\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, for the first time in the United States, her poems-masterfully translated by Adam L. Sorkin and Irma Giannetti-are gathered in this book, some with their original counterparts, paired with arresting photo plates wrought by the artist herself. Strange, ferocious, and lovely, her images and words leave a lingering echo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFloarea Țuțuianu\u003c\/b\u003e [\"Tsu-tsu-ya'-nu\"] graduated from the Nicolae Grigorescu Institute of the Fine Arts in Bucharest and turned to publishing poetry after the Romanian revolution at the end of 1989. She has published six books of poetry: \u003ci\u003eThe Fish Woman \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eFemeia pește\u003c\/i\u003e, Editura Cartea Românească, 1996); \u003ci\u003eLibresse oblige\u003c\/i\u003e (Editura Crater, 1998); \u003ci\u003eThe Lion Mark\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLeul Marcu\u003c\/i\u003e, Editura Aritmos, 2000); a volume of selected and new poems, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Seduction\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eArta seducției\u003c\/i\u003e, Editura Vinea, 2002); and \u003ci\u003eYour Magnanimity\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMărinimia Ta\u003c\/i\u003e, Editura Brumar, 2010). Recently, she compiled an anthology of her erotic poetry gathered from previous collections throughout her career, \u003ci\u003eSappho \u003c\/i\u003e(Editura Cartea Românească, 2012). Țuțuianu has commented, \"Sappho and Emily Dickinson are my favorite poets. I would like to live like Sappho and write like Emily. Or to live like Emily and write like Sappho.\" Țuțuianu is a graphic designer at the Romanian Cultural Institute Publishing House in Bucharest, where she lives. She continues to work as a visual artist as well as a poet, and her numerous exhibits have appeared not only in Romania but also in Greece, France, Italy, Turkey, Israel, England, Holland, Germany, and Austria. In 2011, Adam J. Sorkin and Irma Giannetti published \u003ci\u003eMy Dog--the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e\/\u003ci\u003eCâinele meu--sufletul\u003c\/i\u003e, a dozen poems in a dual-language chapbook published in New Zealand from Cold Hub Press. Țuțuianu's poems in Sorkin's and Giannetti's translations have appeared in notable poetry magazines in the U.S. and the U.K., including \u003ci\u003eThe Marlboro Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtful Dodge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTurnrow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTampa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePuerto del Sol\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e5 AM\u003c\/i\u003e, Diode, \u003ci\u003ePoetry International\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlood Orange Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModern Poetry in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSt. Petersburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and two anthologies, \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Point That Whistles: Contemporary Romanian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, ed. Paul Doru Mugur, Sorkin and Claudia Serea (Talisman House, 2011), and \u003ci\u003eRomanian Writers on Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, ed. Norman Manea and Sanda Cordoș (Trinity University Press, 2011). Her poetry has also been translated into French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Czech, and Turkish. In 2007, she was awarded the Poetry Prize of the Lucian Blaga International Poetry Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam J. Sorkin\u003c\/b\u003e has published more than fifty books of translation, and his work has won the Poetry Society (U.K.) Prize for European Poetry Translation as well as the International Quarterly Crossing Boundaries Award, the Kenneth Rexroth Memorial Translation Prize, the Ioan Flora Prize for Poetry Translation, and the Poesis Translation Prize, among others. His recent publications include\u003ci\u003e A Sharp Double-Edged Luxury Object \u003c\/i\u003eby Rodica Draghincescu, translated with Antuza Genescu (Červená Barva Press, 2014); \u003ci\u003eGold and Ivy\/Aur și iederă\u003c\/i\u003e by George Vulturescu, translated with Olimpia Iacob (Eikon, 2014); \u003ci\u003eThe Starry Womb\u003c\/i\u003e by Mihail Gălățanu, translated with Petru Iamandi and the author (Diálogos Books, 2014); and\u003ci\u003e The Book of Anger\u003c\/i\u003e by Marta Petreu, translated with Christina Zarifopol-Illias and L[iviu Bleoca (Diálogos Books, 2014). \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback's Bus\u003c\/i\u003e by Nora Iuga, translated with Diana Manole, appeared from Bitter Oleander Press in the fall of 2016. \u003ci\u003eEclogue\u003c\/i\u003e by Ioana Ieronim, translated with the author, is forthcoming from Červená Barva Press. Sorkin is Distinguished Professor of English, Penn State Brandywine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrma Giannetti \u003c\/b\u003egrew up in Cluj-Napoca, in the Transylvania region of Romania, speaking Hungarian and Romanian. She studied English and French as an undergraduate in Romania, then English and Comparative Literature as a graduate student in the United States, including at Penn State. At Penn State University Park, she has worked in technology support and now serves as an adviser in the Division of Undergraduate Studies, an enrollment unit for first and second-year exploratory students. Her co-translations with Adam J. Sorkin have appeared widely in literary magazines, as well as in a number of anthologies. Giannetti has also contributed translations of articles from French and Romanian to a special issue of Dada\/Surrealism, \"From Dada to Infra-noir: Dada, Surrealism, and Romania\" (2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53521948574003,"sku":"9780996072236","price":19.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/haIW02Z3kg9780996072236.webp?v=1781961432","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/syllables-of-flesh-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}