Read a few excerpts from our new issue:

• "The Now Deceased Member of the Mikkelsen Family," a story by Jens Blendstrup, translated by Thomas E. Kennedy
• "The Cat," a poem by José Jiménez Lozano, translated by Marilynn Rashid
• "In Memoriam, Ingmar Bergman 236," a story by Henning Koch
• "Come, Come to Me Now That I'm Old, Not Love," a poem by Carlo Betocchi, translated by Ned Condini

Absinthe #9 features great work from Jens Blendstrup, Boris Schreiber, José Jiménez Lozano, Josip Novakovich, V. Pyetsukh, Nuno Júdice, Carlos Marzal, Wilhelm Genazino, Mathilde Walter Clark, Helle Helle, Amanda Aizpuriete, Henning Koch, Danila Davydov, Geneviève Huttin, Paola Masino, Carlo Betocchi, Stasė Lygutaitė Bucevičienė, an interview with Giulio Leoni, art by Alexander Egger, reviews by John Taylor, and cover art by Vladimir Zimakov.

Check out the Absinthe blog at http://absinthenew.blogspot.com/.  We have several new writers contributing their thoughts about European art and literature, writing and translation.

Read more about Absinthe: New European Writing in the Metro Times, Poets & Writers, The Oakland Press, and the Ann Arbor Paper.

Absinthe: New European Writing is available at many independent bookstores throughout the U.S.

Jessica Bomarito, Coeditor

Absinthe: New European Writing                           
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