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Gili Silman-Amoyal's Listen (trans. Yoni Hammer-Kossoy)

Pink print of repeating squares that look like plant cells on a lighter pink background.

Abdullah Enis Savaş, “KUŞLARA_ERİŞEMİYORUM”

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Gili Silman-Amoyal is an emerging Hebrew poet whose writing fuses a clear-eyed sense of self with social-political awareness and activism, along with a musical and literary sensibility that reflects the exciting ferment of Israel's latest generation of poets. A graduate of the Helicon School of Poetry, her publications appear in highly regarded Hebrew literary journals such as Iton 77, Moznayim, Nanopoetica, and others. A native of Haifa, Israel, Silman-Amoyal is currently working on her first collection of poetry.

Yoni Hammer-Kossoy is a poet, translator, and educator. Winner of the 2020 Andrea Moriah Prize in Poetry, his writing appears in numerous international journals and anthologies. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Yoni has lived with his family in Jerusalem, Israel, for the last 25 years. His first poetry collection, The Book of Noah, was published in 2023 by Grayson Books.