Author Archives: aldrich

Today The Poetry Society of America celebrates 100 years of existence. There will be a reading and celebration this evening at Cooper Union in New York. No less than five poets laureate will participate in the reading. Actress Maria Tucci … Continue reading →

Don’t miss this report on the Dodge Poetry Festival: http://nyti.ms/9PaTCd

For our Facebook icon we have chosen the illustration poet Michael Augustin contributed for the cover of our inaugural issue back in 2004. Over the years Michael and poet Sujata Bhatt have developed close connections to Sirena. They have also … Continue reading →

Readers of SIRENA will soon be able to enjoy some of Kristin Dykstra’s translations of Cuban poet Ángel Escobar. Not too long ago a few of her translations appeared in Jacket. http://jacketmagazine.com/38/escobar-poems.shtml

If you read Spanish, please take a look at this fascinating interview with poet Ana Merino. Some of Ana’s poems appear in the new issue of SIRENA.  http://revistaliterariaazularte.blogspot…

Welcome to the Sirena blog. On October 27th we present the 2010.2 issue of Sirena here at Dickinson College. This issue is dedicated to the poet Manuel Alcántara. In addition to an ample selection of his work, we include essays … Continue reading →