Drunken Boat #13 - Tomaz Salamun

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Tomaž Šalamun

Tomaž Šalamun is widely recognized as one of the leading Central European poets. He lives in Ljubljana and occasionally teaches in the USA. His recent books translated into English are The Book for my Brother, Poker, Woods and Chalices, and There’s the Hand and There’s the Arid Chair. His Blue Tower is due by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in Fall 2011.

Michael Thomas Taren

Michael Thomas Taren is a 2009 graduate of the MFA Iowa Writer’s Workshop. His chapbook 08 September 2009 has been published by Factory Hollow Press. His translations with Tomaz Salamun have appeared in, among others, Harvard Review, Jubilat, Colorado Review, Poetry Review (UK), Fence, and two books, Slovene Sampler (Ugly Duckling, 2008) and 7 Poets, 4 Days, 1 Book (Trinity University Press, 2009). He lives in Iowa City.