Dear annogrammers, In thissummer heat, some news to keep ...

Dear annogrammers, In thissummer heat, some news to keep you cool! Translation, Moby-Dick (yes, again), great-greatgrandmother Mary Eugenie and our connection to John Singer Sargent; RickWakeman, and Ancient Aliens. How about a cold Cherry Cola? We have that too.Enjoy the fizz.
Alparegho, Like-nothing-else

Women in Translation

August is Women in Translation Month, and tocelebrate, I will give a talk, “Discovering Translation,” at the SmithtownNesconset Library on August 20 at 7pm. I’ll share how to get started in literarytranslation, guide everyone in an easy translation exercise, and then read from Alparegho,Like-nothing-else (Beautiful Days Press).Andspeaking of translation, you can find mine of Jean-Luc Pouliquen’spoem, “We Must Let Childhood,” in Presence2025 .
Moby-Dick Marathon

Mary Eugenie Gregory

today the Sacramento VisitorCenterYep, that’s my great-greatgrand- mother (1838-1898). Imagine my surprise to
find her on YouTube speaking beyond the grave! Andthen to learn that the City of Sacramento last year. Wonders never cease. The city wantedto honor the economic contributions of Gold Rush-era women, and Mary Eugenie,according to her friend Leland Stanford(1824-1893), was “a better businessman than me.”
Grand Central School of Art

(1856-1925)Mary Eugenie’s grandson, JuliusGregory (1875-1955), designed the GrandCentral School of Art in 1922. He had the terminal’s east wing roof raisedin order to install skylights. He must have known John Singer Sargent, one of the school’s three founders—which leads me to
Sargent and Paris

Rick Wakeman at the Paramount

Ancient Aliens Live

Creative Opportunities

FictiveDream, short stories, by August 25
Puttingthe World in Focus, Maine Media Workshop with Kevin Pilkington, July14-18

Sense andSensibility, haiku on vacation/holiday theme, by July 22
WritingDragons Hanoi, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, by August 3
New and Recent Releases

Ann Cefola, trans. Alparegho,Like-Nothing-Else by Hélène Sanguinetti (Beautiful Days Press)
Suzanne Cleary, The Odds (NewYork Quarterly Books)
Eric Greinke, Anthropoetics (Independently published)

Holding Up the Sky, a filmby Bob Nesson (2025)
Nathalia Holt, The Beastin the Clouds (Atria/One Signal)

Edward McCann, Ed., Well SaidWell Read (Writers Read Press)
Kevin Roy, The Mortician’s Son(Lines+Stars Press)
Margo Taft Stever, BarebackRider (Broadstone Books)
July+ Events – ET

July 10, 11am-3pm, The NewDawn Foundation,“UntyingOur Tongues: Languages, Literature, and Our Own Writing,” withLisa Schantl who will lead discussion and writing in a historic waterfrontlocation; register here
July 10, 6pm, The Calandra Italian-American Institute, openmic followed by Cathy Gigante-Brown and Mike Jurkovic

July 12, 6pm, Atomic Books(Baltimore), Lines+Stars launch of Kevin Roy’s The
Mortician’s Son
July 13-14, 11am-6pm, Governor’sIsland, The NewYork City Poetry Festival

July 19, 6pm, BostonMarriott Burlington, SpeculativeWriting Open Mic at Readercon34hosted by Christina M. Rau

August 20, 7pm, SmithtownNesconset Library, Ann Cefola on “Discovering Translation,” aninformal workshop and reading from Alparegho,Like-nothing-else
Monthly Workshops andReadings
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Old-Fashioned Cherry Cola Recipe

8 oz. plain seltzer or sparklingwatercola syrup, to taste1 oz. black cherry concentrateSimple syrup or stevia, to taste
Make it a float with a scoop ofcherry or vanilla ice cream!
ʼ Round theNet

Captain Verlay in The Art of CrimeTranslators Chen Du and XishengChen on two translated Yan An poems, translator interviews, and audio in The Notre Dame Review

Poet Richard Hague onbecoming the 2025-2027 Cincinnatiand Mercantile Library Poet Laureate
Poet and artist Bob Hemanon his reading for the DMQVirtual Salon
Writer and artist Austin Kleonfor this video ofadvice from eight writers
Poet Heller Levinson on his upcoming chapbook, toward a reduced philanthropy (The Bodily Press), book Crossfall (Black Widow Press), poems in Word for/Word, and being a recent LitBalm feature

by Meg LindsayPoet and artist Meg Lindsayon having threepoems in The Monterey Poetry Review, and an oil painting,“The Bride,” in an international juried exhibit at the Cape Cod Museum of Art
Poet Mary McCray for sharingthis flashback of the Geico Caveman (John Lehr) reminiscing in Intro toAnthro with 2 Humans


and poet Robert MurphyPublisher and poet Robert Murphy on DosMadres Press’s 20th anniversary celebration
Filmmaker Bob Nesson on therelease of HoldingUp the Sky , a documentary project to advance reforms forincarcerated and returning citizens
Poet Mary Newell on herrecent LitBalm reading
Poet Jean-Luc Pouliquen onmy translation of his poem, “We Must Let Childhood,” in Presence2025, and for introducing us to the artist Bertillede Baudinière

Bassist Larry Schwartzmanfor this clipof Buddy Guy and Junior Wells
Poet and artist Linda Simoneon curating “On the Square,” a multi-artist exhibit of 14 x 14-inch urban etchings,at KapejGallery & Café, October - January

Poet and playwright SarahBracey White on her essay, “Counterpoint,” in Well SaidWell Read (Writers Read Press)
Have a beautiful summer, everyone!
Until next time,
Ann