Circumference Books is a press for poetry in translation. Our books highlight the process of translation and how that work is rooted in collaboration. Each multi-lingual project will foreground original design solutions, making visual the relationships between languages, cultures, writers, and translators.
Circumference Books supports the creative and urgent work of bridging cultures and languages. Our projects spotlight non-national languages and foster cross-linguistic poetic exchange.
We have two new books for 2026! Here's what Red Pine has to say about Vidyā's Old Time Love Song Magic:
I'm undone! How am I going to get any work done with Vidyā moving in, and not just next door? I fear it's too late to dial 911. Too late to grab my go-bag and head for the hills and the solace of my hermit friends. What can I do but dive into the Ganges of her love?
And here's what Maaza Mengiste has to say about Mihret Kebede's #evolutionarypoems:
In #evolutionarypoems, Mihret allows language to bear witness to moments that might otherwise break the heart. Here is a tribute to those lives cut short by imprisonment, exile, or death. Here is a path towards making memory bearable. Here, too, is a way towards hope.
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