Assembly by Novica Tadić and translated by Steven Teref

This is poetry from Serbia and Montenegro.

Assembly by Novica Tadić translated by Steven Teref is published by Host Publications. This is a Book originally written in Serbian. This was published in 2009.0 and has the ISBN of 9.780924047695E12.

Assembly, by Novica Tadić, is a Serbian poetry collection from Serbia and Montenegro, translated by Steven Teref, published by Host Publications in 2009. It is a Serbian collection whose title points toward gathering, ritual, and the uneasy assembly of figures in the dark. Tadić’s poems often feel populated by damaged presences, small demons, civic shadows, and the little grotesqueries that refuse to leave. I would not approach it as a book that needs to be solved or reduced to context before it can begin working. Start with the pressure of the title, the texture of the translated line, and the feeling of a voice making room for itself in English. For this library, the book matters as more than a record of Serbia and Montenegro; it is an invitation to let poetry remain particular, difficult, and alive without asking it to behave like explanation.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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