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What distinguishes poetry from prose is the fact that it suggests rather than explains. Moreover, the poet constructs reality as she sees it. Her reality may not correspond with the “normal” understanding of reality. And indeed, this is another important quality of poetry. In Howling’s Embrace is a classic example of excellent poetry in the vein of surrealist writing.

Finally we are proud to announce the release of : JOYCE MANSOUR: THE TUBEROSE BABY GIRL by Mohsen L Belasy. Published by Sulfur Editions and La Belle Inutile Editions, and Sefsafa Publishing House دار صفصافة للنشر Introductions by Will Alexander Rikki Ducornet Laurent Doucet Marc Kober Giorgia Pavlidou Ghadah Kamal Cover by Ghadah Kamal Ahmed… Read more: JOYCE MANSOUR: THE TUBEROSE BABY GIRL just released

MOHSEN ELBELASY’S MONUMENTAL INQUEST UNLOCKS THE EPHEMERAL REALITY OF JOYCE MANSOUR Paris, Cairo – October 5, 2025 – Sulfur Editions and Mohsen Elbelasy announce the forthcoming publication of Joyce Mansour: The Tuberose Baby Girl, the definitive, epistemologically rigorous monograph that demands a complete re-evaluation of the Egyptian-born powerhouse of Surrealist literature. This work is a… Read more: MOHSEN ELBELASY’S MONUMENTAL INQUEST UNLOCKS THE EPHEMERAL REALITY OF JOYCE MANSOUR

Mohamed Rabie Hammad Poète, écrivain et chercheur en critique arabe moderne. Lauréat de nombreux prix littéraires. Auteur d’ouvrages de poésie arabe classique et de récits. A participé à de nombreuses interviews et émissions médiatiques. Ses écrits littéraires et critiques ont été publiés dans divers sites et magazines culturels arabes. Traduit par Thiziri Rabah le poème… Read more: (no title)

Ahmed Omar Mohammed Balhmar est un poète et écrivain émirati. Il a publié plusieurs ouvrages de poésie et de prose, dont certains ont été traduits en anglais. Il a également écrit pour des journaux arabes et internationaux, en plus de ses activités bénévoles et des prix artistiques qu’il a reçus. traduit par Thiziri Rabah Désir… Read more: 11 poèmes d’Ahmed Balhmar

We, at Sulfur Editions, are pleased and honored to announce that the French translation of the poetry collection Crossfall by Heller Levinson will be published worldwide in December 2025 via Sulfur Editions Here is an article in English and French by Jason Moore about the book. The English version of the book was published this… Read more: Jason Moore’s Review about Crossfall by Heller Levinson

WADIH SAADEH THE COMPLETE WORKS PUBLISHED BY SULFUR EDITIONS The publication of “WADIH SAADEH / THE COMPLETE WORKS” by Sulfur Editions in 2025 marks a pivotal moment in the literary landscape, presenting a comprehensive compilation of the esteemed poet’s oeuvre. This monumental volume, translated by Mohsen El Belasy, Artworks by Ghadah Kamal, consolidates Saadeh’s poetic… Read more: Introduction by Mohsen El Belasy to WADIH SAADEH THE COMPLETE WORKS

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Hey New York City We invite you to “Jung and Surrealism 101” Join the Kristine Mann Library at the Jung Center of New York for an incredible weekend exploring the fascinating intersection of Jungian psychology and Surrealism . Saturday, April 5, 2025, 10 :00 AM – Sunday, April 6, 2025, 5:00 PM. At Kristine Mann… Read more: “Jung and Surrealism 101”

Echoes of Rebellion: Unveiling Surrealism in North Africa and Western Asia The familiar narrative of surrealism often centers on Paris, London, and New York. But what happens when we shift our gaze eastward? “Surrealism in North Africa and Western Asia: Crossings and Encounters,” edited by Monique Bellan and Julia Drost, offers a compelling and much-needed… Read more: Echoes of Rebellion: Unveiling Surrealism in North Africa and Western Asia

Get Ready for The Second Sulfuric Storm Egyptian Authors / Batch2 And more from outside Egypt 30 Books From April to November 2025 Sulfur Editions is thrilled to unveil the Second Sulfuric Batch – a blazing collection of 30 captivating books set to be published in English from April to November! Prepare to be transported… Read more: The Second Sulfuric Batch

Posters slapped onto city buses and benches show a steady hand gripping a gleaming scalpel. Bold lettering with a fuzzy shadow jumps out with the name SILAS CARVER, Plastic Surgeon to the Stars. I am he. Sans stars—unless you count the porn actress whose nipples I nudged a few centimeters north. Something about easier access.… Read more: The Drastic Surgeon/Peter Mangiaracina

Street Art: An Exploration of Egyptian Rap Music as a Reflection of Youth Dreams and Social Reality Sayed Abdul Hamid’s “Street Art: Stories about Egyptian Rap Music,” published by Sulfur Editions in 2024, introduces the core of Egyptian rap music, presenting it not just as a genre but as a cultural movement deeply intertwined with… Read more: Street Art: An Exploration of Egyptian Rap Music as a Reflection of Youth Dreams and Social Reality

“The Last Summer of Mr. Dipodoidea,” by Ghadah Kamal. ESSAY BY MOHSEN EL BELASY “The Last Summer of Mr. Dipodoidea,” by Ghadah Kamal, published by Sulfur Editions, presents a unique literary experience that defies simple categorization as a traditional collection of short stories. Instead, the book operates more like an unusual novella or a series… Read more: “The Last Summer of Mr. Dipodoidea,” by Ghadah Kamal. essay /Mohsen El belasy

The book Lemon Language by Hager Youssef published by Sulfur Editions While the title suggests the importance of the lemon, it does not appear directly as a symbol within the poems themselves. The absence of lemons might be symbolic, indicating a “sour” or bittersweet quality to the themes explored in the collection or perhaps a… Read more: Lemon Language by Hager Youssef/”A Body Like a City”

Jann Kross, The Czar’s Madman (opening line; trans, Anselm Hollo) Voisiku, Thursday, the twenty-sixth of May, 1827 What a header… By the numbers                      numbingly on goal (ho) We’s all coming up lucky 8’s (even 18’s!) Drivin’ at evermore material suck•cess jes poolin cash, hon Them’s can-do power numbers — measure out own goals scored… Read more: 3 poems by Stephen Bett

Levinson’s Quantum Foam The task ahead of me is as alluring as it is frustrating. Any description of what Heller Levinson does with words cannot be hemmed in by conventional means. It’s so completely anything. It’s so unutterably utterable. Substantives are packed together like magnets in a generator. Electrical power is increased by the voltage… Read more: Levinson’s Quantum Foam by John Olson

The Surrealist Coin: Heads or Tales? This book Le surréalisme et l’argent beckons us into the labyrinthine world of Surrealism and its complex relationship with money. Mallarmé’s words echo ominously, reminding us that art, in its purest form, transcends the grubby hands of commerce. Yet, this collection of essays boldly explores the economic underbelly of… Read more: The Surrealist Coin: Heads or Tales?

Hands of the Storm International surrealist Statement. Your flower will pass through the hands of the storm Follow the star of her hand, her masks, her falcons and the red ice of trance. Laurence Weisberg Give me the fog that fertilizes the neighborhood of the insatiated, let him tattoo with his tongue the high cliff… Read more: Hands of the Storm/International surrealist Statement.

A New Era of Literary Exchange: The Sulfur Initiative and Its Impact on Collaborative Publishing and Translation The Sulfur Initiative is poised to revolutionise the translation and global dissemination of contemporary Egyptian and Arab literature. By fostering a collaborative creative economy, it aims to dismantle traditional publishing structures and promote a more equitable and sustainable… Read more: A New Era of Literary Exchange: The Sulfur Initiative and Its Impact on Collaborative Publishing and Translation

The Interrogation of Being: A Critical Analysis of Query Caboodle 2 Heller Levinson’s Query Caboodle 2 Published by Sulfur Editions is not a typical poetry collection. It eschews traditional poetic forms and narratives, opting instead for probing questions that challenge readers to confront fundamental aspects of existence. These questions, presented in stark, minimalist language, act… Read more: The Interrogation of Being: A Critical Analysis of Query Caboodle 2

What’s Left: A Critical Analysis of Rosenzweig’s Poetry Mark C. Rosenzweig’s poetry collection, What’s Left, published by Sulfur Editions is a haunting exploration of desire, loss, and memory. Throughout the poems, Rosenzweig weaves together surreal imagery, fragmented narratives, and a poignant longing to create a powerful meditation on the human condition. The theme of loss… Read more: What’s Left: A Critical Analysis of Rosenzweig’s Poetry

Seclusia: A Surrealist Exploration of Edward James’s Life Bernabé Alatorre Rios’s novel Seclusia, published by Sulfur Editions and described as the world’s first fictional recreation of Edward James’s life, offers a captivating and insightful portrait of the man behind the surrealist masterpiece, Las Pozas in Xilitla, Mexico. Through a blend of biographical facts and fictional… Read more: Seclusia: A Surrealist Exploration of Edward James’s Life

Unravel the Mysteries of Time with Jowonder’s Surrealist Masterpiece Surrealist Poems About Clocks,a mind-bending journey through the depths of consciousness and the enigmatic nature of time. Jowonder, a renowned artist and writer, invites you into a world where clocks tick with a sinister rhythm and reality is a fluid, ever-shifting canvas. Accompanied by 16 mesmerizing… Read more: Surrealist Poems About Clocks /book by Jowonder

Reseña crítica a From the eclipse y Can ecover de Mitchell Pluto Por Claudia Vila Molina profesora, poeta, crítico literario, correctora de textos y estudiante de Magister en Literatura Comparada de la UAI de Santiago de Chile El hablante lírico de los libros From the eclipse (2024) y Cadaver Dogs (2024) de Mitchell Pluto se… Read more: Reseña crítica a From the eclipse y Cadaver Dogs ecover de Mitchell Pluto Por Claudia Vila Molina

What’s Left Poetry book by Mark C. Rosenzweig Sulfur Editions and LA BELLE INUTILE EDITIONS are thrilled to announce the release ofWhat’s Left poems by Mark C. Rosenzweig. Rosenzweig’s poems are not mere words on a page; they are incantations, conjuring images that are both haunting and mesmerizing. Subliminal and disjointed, these nocturnal etudes delve… Read more: What’s Left /Poetry Book By Mark C. Rosenzweig

It seems to me that the sunfeels a tinge of sadness.For the lovers who enduredits harshnesson their outings,have parted. Neither of them can bearsto walk alone and lost.The poetry has melted,And this wasn’tFor a lack of meaning.Rather, amazment has cooled,and the earth vaststill !And we must move on .. The world could not bearour enchantment… Read more: A PORTRAIT OF THE NIGHT BY LAILA ELKABANY

Test Pattern I by Will LaPorte and Rute Ventura I want to love you, but you wear a hideous mask. Its spines draw thick blood. Durian, pineapple, prickly pear. The fruit of exterior chaos. Sweetness drawn by the knife, but the unwise take a bite. A ceramic glaze, a crack and its dust, poisoning my… Read more: Test Pattern I by Rute Ventura and Will LaPorte

Karski wilk pusyni piasków. Piasek… piasek ów. Piasek, piasek ów, będzie, będzie go prowadził. Stanowiąc. Będąc. Stanowiąc. Będąc. Stanowiąc, czymś w rodzaju pochodni. Płonącej… płonącej w otoczeniu nicości wydm. Widmowego … Nieznanego… Dawnego… Mdłego… mdłego … mdłego… Przesunięcia ociężałego, ociężałego, ociężałego żelazem szponu. Przesunięcia. Przesunięcia, przesunięcia powoli, powoli. Powoli, równie powoli rozdzierającego ziemię wiecznej fatamorgany.… Read more: Karski wilk pusyni piasków./ Icar la dernierre de Skryba./to Mohsen Elbelasy

On the outskirts of the melatonin ghost town,So its inhabitants named it nearly 700 years agoShe placed her red suitcase, not as heavy as her dreams.She lifted the hem of her dress, embroidered with yellow flowers, the color of the sand she stood on.She sat on that rock, a sitting of the last waitAs if… Read more: The Phantom of Melatonin town /by Ghadah Kamal

Anunciamos la llegada de un libro que te atrapará desde la primera página! Cuadernos de una vida oscura una colección de poemas de Roberto Ncar, llega a tus manos a través de Sulfur Editions y LA BELLE INUTILE EDITIONS. Adéntrate en un viaje a través de tres obras que te sumergirán en la profundidad del… Read more: Cuadernos de una vida oscura/Tres libros de poesía en un solo libro.por Roberto Ncar

These poems come out of liminal states of dreams from which they are aesthetically composed. Basically, what you see in them comes entirely from you. Raphael Simons studied composition with and was the teaching assistant of the composer Luciano Berio at Juilliard in New York City. From there, under the name Thomas Simons, he taught… Read more: EMPTY CROWS/POETRY BOOK BY RAPHAEL SIMONS

IEOS surrealist poetic and critical anthology  Edited by Mohsen Elbelasy  La Belle Inutile Editions Cover by La Sirena Surrealist Group  This book brings together the textual contributions made on the occasion of the International Surrealist Exhibition in Cairo in February 2022. This exhibition brought together contributors from many countries in Europe, North America and South… Read more: IEOS SURREALIST POETIC AND CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY/PDF VERSION

Query Caboodle 2 Special Edition Arrives!

 Eleven before midnight As I sat on the throne in front of this bed, the first snatch landed on the wide cotton stage built by the alpha lynx / Source number 0.  Savannah fields are made up of three lesbian bodies, and a mat of hordes of crowds inhabits the melatonin lake in my head.… Read more: Laycaon /King of BAB AL-LOUQ /STORY BY MOHSEN ELBELASY

Sharpness Refreshing are the lines, is the structure,we know where they lead.Equations so predictable,we stay busy doing predictable things,refining our formula.A walking contradiction- our effort versus our care.The seed that gives us life versus what we produce.Amour tightly suffocating honesty, and the resulting ennui overpowers our desire for release.Our dreams remind us of all we… Read more: Elements/Poems by Caroline Hughes, photographs by Laken Jefferson

with this stick The artist comes face to face with a white wall. At its lock. At its threshold. He’s just about to draw a line that, once set in motion, will pressure the very functions of a line. A weak line. Macaroni in goose-step. A spiritual and emotional freedom subject to avalanches of criticism… Read more: 2 prose texts by Călin Dănilă

1. Your book, “Street Art,” delves into the fascinating world of Egyptian rap post-revolution. What initially drew you to explore this specific artistic movement, and how did your research process unfold? Did you encounter any surprises or challenges along the way? I started this book as an article on an Arabic website, which later developed… Read more: Street art / interview with Sayed Abdel Hamid

The Haircut Factory The barber from the haircut factory cuts the hair of the grass, the trees, the hair of the bush, a little flower and Atacama Desert. The barber’s scissors cut the hour, the heat of the day, the memories and their atoms. The barber cuts a kind of solemn joke, a saxophone tune… Read more: The Haircut Factory/ Florin Dan Prodan

exercises of admiration for the scarecrows I’ve loved scarecrows since I was a little boyas tall as possible thin and by all means with a hat on their heads I would sit next to to them not without warlness – something between admiration and fear –I would sit on the grass a few feet awayand… Read more: exercises of admiration for the Scarecrows / Paul Mihalache

We have begun to implement what we promised and establish the global publishing and translation cooperative that we are working on independently.So far, the results are impressive, and we have begun the process of working on distinguished international publications that will be published soon. But we still need a simple workpower to help us double… Read more: Another Call of Donation

The traditional publishing landscape, dominated by large corporations, often prioritizes profit profit over artistic merit. This can stifle creative expression and limit the reach8 of diverse voices. However, a new era is dawning, fueled by the rise of collaborative creative economies and advancements in communication technologies. This movement offers exciting opportunities for the production and… Read more: Sulfur Editions was launched as an international publishing cooperative

Music / The Room 3 by Daniel O’Reilly THE THIRD ISSUE OF THE ROOM SURREALIST MAGAZINE /Exclusive PDF Version The Room Surrealist Magazine is an international Independent Surrealist Magazine publishedby La Belle Inutile Editionssurrealists.organd Sulfur-surrealist-jungle.com What if Eros awakened from the midst of your cities and declared these cities under his rule? The simple/apparent/socially tamed… Read more: The THIRD ISSUE OF THE ROOM SURREALIST MAGAZINE /Pdf edition

The veil has lifted. The ROOM Surrealist Magazine (Issue 3) has descended. Unleash the forbidden, the dreamlike, the impossibly real. Explore the dominion of awakened Eros. Finally, now,. The third issue of The ROOM Surrealist Magazine came down to us from the surrealist sky and avaliable in multiple editions printed and Pdf High quality printed… Read more: The Third Issue of The ROOM Surrealist Magazine /printed and Pdf edition

Échoes Surréalistes Contemporains 2024  DU NIL À SAINT-CIRQ-LAPOPIE 14 APRIL 2024. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie. PART OF ECHOS SURRÉALISTES CONTEMPORAINS 2024 Luxor /Saint-Cirq-Lapopie /Alabama /Budapest /Toulouse /Paris. https://maps.app.goo.gl/WJ8h9PCVJEe6vUzdA **Opening ceremony** 14/APRIL 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Collective Collaboration led by Marie-Christine ROY – painting, collage on a large Scale. 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.: Les bleu des Fond… Read more: ECHOS SURRÉALISTES CONTEMPORAINS /DU NIL À SAINT-CIRQ LAPOPIE/schedule

Mohsen Elbelasy A doorway opens into the labyrinthine mind of Joyce Mansour. Step into a realm of shadowed desires and luminous prose. Within this digital exhibition, previously unseen photographs whisper secrets, letters unveil the poet’s soul, and documents trace the arc of her extraordinary life. This immersive experience marks the momentous publication of “Joyce Mansour… Read more: Joyce Mansour / online documents/pictures exhibition.

Rising a stone by magic, welcome to operational masonry A line and a key zaps Ben Franklin Cement is a recipe Reflected strings and movable pulleys are underneath emblematic symbols When a ladder was really a sled A kite floating on waves is a tetrahedral There’s nothing occult about wind lifting stone Each face can… Read more: The Hidden by Mitchell Pluto

         “When Dreams Come True”.    Some personal memories of Surrealism in Britain during the 1970’s and 1980’s The twists and turns, corners traversed, maps torn up, the adventure of smiles, dreams come true. Born into a family of farmers in a desolate mountainous part of Mid Wales, Britain, hardly constitutes the… Read more: “When Dreams Come True”/ John Welson

The Chimera’s Quill: Surrealism in the Fractured Now In the labyrinth of dreams where logic slumbers, surrealism awakens. Like smoke twisting from the lips of the subconscious, its narratives twist and coil, shedding the skin of ordinary reality. From the ashes of Dada’s revolt and the psychic embers of Symbolism, surrealism arose as a defiant… Read more: Contemporary surrealism and modern narrative Techniques by Mohsen El belasy

Badlitby Franco Đêm -Hiligaynon Version (Original)- gina-ampo ko nga indi man ako malimtan sang mga karsada nga ginpanghakus ko, kag gindala sa akon nga mga damgo, para maghabol sang kalawasan ko sa konkreto nga nagapang-alisbong sang mga dinuagan sang sinadto, amo na ang rason kung ngaa dala-dala ko ang akon ulunan, para inkaso matulugan ako… Read more: Badlit by Franco Đêm

Contents of the book INTRODUCTION The project begins by paying attention to the spread of rap music on social networking sites and various musical platforms and the reflection of this on the Egyptian street, and then trying to analyze this spread and mention its social, political and cultural factors, which cannot be ignored, in addition… Read more: The full iintroduction of : street Art (Book by Sayed Abdel Hamid)

Are you a passionate advocate of surrealism, translation, and the power of the written word? Then join us in cultivating [https://sulfur-surrealist-jungle.com/], a vibrant online oasis dedicated to the surrealist movement. You know that we organize surrealist events and exhibitions in various places on a global level, and we provide our services for surrealist publishing with… Read more: Call for donations for Sulfur Surrealist Jungle

Comrades, surrealist Sisters , Fellow Dreamers, Today, on International Women’s Day, we, the Surrealist Middle East and North Africa womens , stand before you not merely as artists, but as a surrealist seers, as architects of a revolution of the minds . The canvas of our rebellion is the body, the mind,, the subconscious power,… Read more: International Women’s Day/Ghadah Kamal /Statement

EQUALITY AND SOLIDARITY WITH OUR SISTERSEleven notes on surrealism and feminism 1-Surrealism is radically egalitarian. It draws its strength from the unconscious, from automatism anddreams all of which are within everyone’s reach. These sources offer wonders, games, connections, sublimations that go in the direction of equality for all human beings.It is no coincidence that, in… Read more: EQUALITY AND SOLIDARITY WITH OUR SISTERS/ Ody Saban/statement

Investigating the experience of the Egyptian-Francophone poet and writer Joyce Mansour (1928-1986), her surrealist works, her troubled life, and her silenced and hidden life story is an act of immersion in ambiguity, anxiety, and risk. Delving into her papers, correspondence, and the details of her stories, excavating her writings and what has been written about… Read more: Sherif Al-Shafi’i writes on (Joyce Mansour /The Tuberose baby girl) the book by Mohsen Elbelasy (essay)

Secrets of GLASS VEAL 5 & THE fresh dirt excavations In 1976 it was rumored that deviant youths from the ex-Confederacy proceeded to expose the more recent crimes of oppression from the United States of America. An assortment of students and college drop-outs, they met privately in the dust & smoke laden apartment in an… Read more: Secrets of GLASS VEAL 5/THE fresh dirt excavations

رصاصة خضراء لامعة (ممسرحة) ـــ يجلس في مقعد بعيد مختفي وسط تلال أوراق مهملة صفراء (الإضاءة متوسطة السطوع وتختفي تدريجيا كلما اقتربت من تلال الأوراق). (جمهور يئن في ملل، ولا موسيقى أو آداءات حركية تساعده فيبدأ في التصفيق واستثارة هذا الجالس وسط تلال الأوراق). بعد مرور دقائق تظهر فتاة بدينة تدندن في المنتصف من الخشبة،… Read more: رصاصة خضراء لامعة/ممسرحة /أحمد فرحات

Tortoise ORE – BELLY OF STONE East Village Arts of Birmingham+1 205-833-0143 https://g.co/kgs/yL5PLky https://www.evabham.org/ Sticks and Stones in a cave of reverberations deep inside a gorgeA cave sings its music no man can hearHeard by crustaceans, crows and owls, there is a Silence beyond the night skyCandles whip and flutter, perhaps a gentle breezePerhaps your… Read more: ÉCHOES SURRÉALISTES CONTEMPORAINS 2024 (ALABAMA) PRESS STATEMENT

The Wild Poetics of Questioning in Heller Levinson’s work By Mohsen Elbelasy  Since the dawn of human thought, philosophers and poets have grappled with the intricate dance between introspection—the inward gaze—and the very nature of the language we use to understand ourselves and the world around us. This questioning of both consciousness and expression represents… Read more: The Wild Poetics of Questioning in Heller Levinson’s Work by Mohsen El Belasy

La poétique brute de la question chez Heller Levinson Par Mohsen Elbelasy Depuis l’aube de la pensée humaine, philosophes et poètes se sont confrontés à la danse complexe entre l’introspection – le regard intérieur – et la nature même du langage que nous utilisons pour nous comprendre et comprendre le monde qui nous entoure. Ce… Read more: La poétique brute de la question chez Heller Levinson Par Mohsen Elbelasy

INTRODUCTION The project began by paying attention to the spread of rap music on social networking sites and various musical platforms, and its reflection on the Egyptian street, and then trying to analyze this spread, mentioning its social, political, and cultural factors, which cannot be ignored, in addition to following the project of every rapper… Read more: Introduction to the the book “street art” by Sayed Abdel Hamid

minimal pair labrys split electrum to the cosmological constant, spraying subatomic foam over bare-assed satyrs, cowering behind a clear plastic tarp. nymphs collapse wave and function while Baba Yaga’s unrepentant ash buzzes. ** Lonely Planet Boys the iron in our bones aches as Oumuamua tumbles through the oort cloud sowing the Akashic dust of Klaus… Read more: Poems Nicholas Alexander Hayes

In Next Monday 26 of FebruaryThe Egyptian Author and Novelist “Nora Nagy” Will Discussion “Sayed Abdelhamied” About His New Book “Fn Elshara” -The Street Art- about stories of Writing Rap songs and Music. Recently published in Cairo by Safsafa Publishing. The book by Sayed Abdel Hamid offers a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the diverse… Read more: Next Monday, a seminar and signing ceremony for the book “Street Art” by Sayed Abdel Hamid

Scenes of a Revolution there’s a lot of blood and tea in this night of Cairo cups of hope cups of death in Tahrir Square death has no hands it just lingers like a snake but nobody fears about it this snake can’t swallow people’s feelings their bodies all of them pieces of a flying… Read more: Poems by Florin Dan Prodan

Blues for an Old Tattoo The streets are full of syringes and daggers.The plastic factories smog reddens the sky.The dogs are barking at the taxi-cabs in front of the last illuminated shop windows.There’s no blues or poetry in the late night bars.Here the wounds are not to be cured, but paid in whisky and blood.And… Read more: Blues for an Old Tattoo/Paul Mihalache

لا يزال هناك الكثير مما يجب اكتشافه وفهمه وتحليله والنبش فيه فيما يخص الحركة الشبابية  الطليعية الفنية والأدبية في مصر منذ نهاية  العشرينيات حتى منتصف ثلاثينيات  القرن الماضي هذا التيار الشبابي في العشرينيات   ما تم اكتشافه عنه ما زال شحيح جداً ومبهم  على الرغم من كونه البذرة الرئيسية لتشكيل الحياة الثقافية المصرية بشكلها الكلي من… Read more: محاولون نهاية العشرينيات /ملف بحثي /محسن البلاسي

The Poetic Method THE GOLDEN HOUR “No ceremonial, no incantation, no rites, but attainment of the state of lucidity in which the notion of time becomes a fruit one can peel.” –Robert Lebel On a table made of bright fog, in a room of hard black coal, the visitors arrive and depart like ghosts more… Read more: The Poetic Method/THE GOLDEN HOUR/J Karl Bogartte

According to Sigmund Freud sublimation is the mature way of managing urges that may be undesirable. So begins the speculative quest of Artificial Intelligence talking to the sphinx.

باص أزرق سريع، يبتلع المدينة.. رواية قصيرة جدا أحمد فرحات ـــ فاصل أول؛ أرى صورا صغيرة بحجم كف اليد، خالصة الزرقة، بعضها اختلط بلون لم أميزه جيدا، قد يكون الأخضر القاتم أو الأسود، لا أعرف؛ لم أتأكد مرة من دقة الألوان، المهم أن تتابع الصور المقسمة في نيجاتيف لا ينقطع، كلها، بدون استثناء، تكمل مشهدا… Read more: باص أزرق سريع، يبتلع المدينة..رواية قصيرة جدا / أحمد فرحات

Hard Claws Tarnish Collective Transactions                        flesh skimmed                                        edification aberrations   , , , , ,                         sink cottage /                                           industrious flying nOOn / carriage                   evaporating hummmmmmmmmmmm. flap,      grieving, staking, washing corrosive pipes /                             sPiLt b/t raft & throb. mammal of clear verbiage   , , , ,          miniscule (soaked) gazing                                   … Read more: Hard Claws Tarnish Collective Transactions/Joshua Martin

منابع الضحك العذب ومصارفه المالحة أحمد فرحات (في تفسير انحراف مسارات الكوميديا اليومية والضحك، داخل الطبقات العصبية للنفس البشرية بين طبقات الفقراء/ الأثرياء وبين الفئة العمرية للفرد والجماعة) ـــ بالكثير من الصخب الداخلي، الذي يجلعني منسلخا بشكل أو بآخر ولسبب ما أو لآخر؛ من كل المحيط المادي، ومنهمكا في تحليل نفسي واجتماعي فلسفي مُعمَّق؛ في… Read more: منابع الضحك العذب ومصارفه المالحة /أحمد فرحات

by Jowonder. I’m cursed by clockwork! Stricken by time! I have to do the things my hands tell me to! That is unless we whistle*     *’Phwwwwwhht, Phwwwwwwwhht, Phwwwwwwwwwht.’          ‘Phwwwwwhht, Phwwwwwwwhht, Phwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwht.’ Then there’s a 3.00 o’clock cascade, a tunnel of secret numbers, 5, 6’s, and 7’s, and large and very large and angry THIRTY… Read more: The Anticlockwise Spell of Seduction.

Favourite Killers Ed Gein: trophies and keepsakes, flaky beard and that raw smile sure to split your fiscal ends with a head on a spike. Make a movie about a man with certain needs—let’s dig and we’ll find rows of eyeballs in formaldehyde. Beautiful. What do those sallow cheeks really say? Are you afraid the… Read more: Tim Frank /Prose texts

I see no reason to hide the everyday origin of ideas, may it be automotive. P. Petiot https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/science-en-questions/comment-et-a-quoi-les-mathematiciens-revent-ils-2364346 The following of my article in L’Or aux Treize Îles 😀 For the avoidance of doubt… I didn’t understand anything, but it’s very beautiful! 😀 J.C. Belotti Ah, I heard the ending while driving! Thanks, I’ll listen… Read more: About Mathematics and Psychoanalysis, Geometry and all the rest ” by Pierre Petiot

The Girl with the Kaleidoscope Glasses   Eleanor looked out of her window to a darkened sky; the sun was concealed behind dense clouds, and it appeared as a false night. Skyscrapers twisted in the clouds, reaching into the heavens. At first, the rumble overhead seemed like thunder, but when she saw the jet’s pointy cockpit… Read more: The Girl with the Kaleidoscope Glasses  /Helen Mihajlovic

THE DIONYSUS MANIFESTO:  Lancaster Surrealist Founding Statement written by Joe Simpkins Since the founding of Lancaster Surrealism there has been a sense of confusion created on two fronts. Firstly, from those within Lancaster, unaware of Surrealism as a movement, who are unsure what exactly the Lancaster Surrealist Group is. The second front is from the… Read more: THE DIONYSUS MANIFESTO/ Lancaster Surrealist group Founding Statement

Reseña a libro “Danza de las esferas” Sandriuska Theremin Por Claudia Vila Molina A través de su lectura se observan variados ejes que confluyen dentro de él, sin embargo, el aspecto principal que contiene la obra se basa en la disposición del universo, de la tierra y que se trasluce en una danza de átomos… Read more: Reseña a libro “Danza de las esferas” Sandriuska Theremin/Por Claudia Vila Molina

The Gospel of Bab El Louk Nothing compares to the soup of those perpetual wanderers The wolves of the expanding cities Silk bridge lines of  the blood of time Termite meals sleep in the veins Leather divas buried under the slaps of the blue ranger The desire of the blue poetry leaking through the green… Read more: The Gospel of Bab El Louk / by Mohsen el belasy

آلهة الشبق والشعراء وعازفي الجاز وآلهة الإلهام: آن والدمان عن الحياة في كوليج بنينغتون في أوائل الستينيات قلم: آن والدمان ترجمة: الحبيب الواعي سيرة مختصرة آن والدمان  Anne Waldman شاعرة وفنانة وأستاذة وناشطة ثقافية ولدت بمدينة ميلفيل في ولاية نيوجرسي عام 1945 وترعرعت في جوار غرينتش فيلاج بنيويورك. حصلت على البكالوريوس من كلية بنينغتن، ومنذ… Read more: آلهة الشبق والشعراء وعازفي الجاز وآلهة الإلهام/آن والدمان/ترجمة: الحبيب الواعي

من القاهرة إلى تومبوكتو: تيد جونس، الشاعر والفنان الأفروأمريكي السريالي الذي صدح صوته بالحرية في ثلاث قارات تقديم وترجمة الحبيب الواعي حياته عندما نتصفح تاريخ الأدب المكتوب أو ما يطلق عليه الأدب المُعتمد فإننا نكتشف أنه يتميز في حقب زمنية عديدة بنوع من الإقصاء، أو نوع من طمس الهوية لإسكات أصوات فكرية تتحدى المفاهيم الأدبية… Read more: تيد جونس،السريالي الذي صدح صوته بالحرية في ثلاث قارات /تقديم وترجمة الحبيب الواعي

Corpuscular homunculi Reconstituted energy leaves sweat stains on the sidewalk. Nothing else dances like that, except, occasionally, a presidential page when Air Force One is targeted by voodoo bombs. * A zygote provides pro bono legal  work for a group of destitute ship- ping containers who are currently  living in an old schoolhouse by the… Read more: Poems by Mark Young

Can the systematic distortion of language and its sensory impact cause a change in the morphological receptors within the human mind? What is the cognitive self? What is biological psychology? What is verbal intuition? What is poetic intuition as a topological space symbolizing a group of symbolic emotions? Since the universe offers us only examples… Read more: THE COMING  MENTAL RANGE OF WILL ALEXANDER/BY MOHSEN EL BELASY

هل يمكن للتشويش الممنهج  للغة ووقعها الحسي أن يحدث تغيراً في المستقبلآت  المورفولوچية داخل عقل الإنسان؟ ما هي الذات المعرفية؟  ما هو علم التواصل العصبي؟  وما هو علم النفس البيلوچي؟ ما هو الحدس اللفظي؟ ما هو الحدس الشعري   كمساحة  طوبولوجية ترمز لمجموعة من الانفعالات الرمزية ؟ بما أن الكون  لا يقدم لنا سوى أمثلة… Read more: ويل ألكسندر ومعجمه الخيميائي الجديد /محسن البلاسي

Poèmes by Raphael Simons Wheel a green wall speckled with red opens onto a street where the sun hangs by a wire from the branch of a dead tree, where, transfixed, she stares into to the mirror at three faces on a road on a ledge of a valley where her memory took flight, her… Read more: Poèmes by Raphael Simons

Soft Peddle laminate lightly with proper oversight measures taken only so many fingers required don’t bite the hand that feeds you even if the crops come early the new fashions won’t be ready camouflage circumlocution plush monstrosity the girl next door forever fever with avail with hindsight fret frictile fiction     They’re summering in Europe the… Read more: 4 poems by Heller Levinson

     “Art In The 21st Century”/John Welson. All art, music, poetry, film, dance and other modes of expression are political. Every action, thought, feeling and expression of the senses and intellect are political. Each and every reflection upon that which is around or within us is political. We are political animals, either passively or… Read more:      “Art In The 21st Century”/John Welson.

Les Bottes de Fellini Waheed Taweela Traduit par / Malika Ababousse  Chapitre 5 As-tu déjà vu tes genoux trembler en présence d’un Agent de Sûreté de l’État ! C’est dans un sous-sol auquel tu ne peux jamais deviner comment tu y avais accédé que se situe une pièce étouffante aux murs sourds et sans un trou… Read more: Les Bottes de Fellini/Waheed Taweela /extrait

NHC V,4 1 A duru with twentyfour  circles studded  with fireeyes as wormwood   for dyspepsia  summons  apollyon 2 Sulphur’s  gofrit va’esh in Sodom casts the eternal burn  3 The ungodly horn  reckons  the new pillar 4 For reconciliation a satellite crucifix  5 Exploit the transub the hellas   6 The birthchord  thick with Iesous  7 The… Read more: excerpts from Irene Koronas’ manuscript gnōstos,

3.343  This teleprogramophonica—shARP,  the antiarp: detect  SCUTUM. With dysgenics (idiocracy), SharpImpersonation via token or shellcode injection, the Kritik  der Gewalt,  its nonrule la justice,  y a qu’ç de vrai.  The good sycophant. 3.344  Historiosophy’s serverside request forgery affects the pingback  in absolute alterity:  jetés/juter, the oblique  echo in tier un/son coup. Use fzf, skim or… Read more: excerpts from Daniel Y. Harris’ manuscript The Metempsychosis of Salvador Dracu

Prévert, tombé de la fenêtre Catherine Belkhodja En 1948, Prévert tombe d’une fenêtre d’un premier étage . Tombé dans le comail y restera 10 jours, provoquant une vive inquiétude chez sa famille et ses amis qui organiseront pour lui un séjour à St Paul de Vence, où il passera une longue convalescence.Prévert, qui était déjà… Read more: Prévert, tombé de la fenêtre par Catherine Belkhodja

Winston Widjaja Lin is a trans non-binary gaysian whose writing has been published by several remarkable journals, including Buah, The Institutionalized Review, the lickety~split, EcoTheo Review, and Papeachu Press. He is currently an MFA in Creative Writing student in Pacific Lutheran University’s Rainier Writing Workshop. Their published work has been translated into Spanish, and has appeared… Read more: 10 Poems by Winston Widjaja Lin

Memo for elasticity                                         col d                col                           d WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR [um]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] desolation                              SPHERES undo                                                               the                      “”””””                      laces                     “”””””” ############################# ############################# ############################# END E                         N                        D or ? Out (without) Diagram pulverised >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>as this penultimate //////////                                 watching without WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLL to spin                                           held {{withheld                                           held {{withheld… Read more: Memo for elasticity/Nathan Anderson

REINE DE PARIS muticulturelle Reine de Paris est une oeuvre d’art vivante qui entraîne avec elle toute une équipe d’artistes, fascinés par une personnalité hors du commun.  Une exposition aux ateliers d’artistes de Belleville Un groupe d’artistes s’est constitué qui expose en groupe dans différents lieux de Parisvoir l’annonce de l’exposition dans un film de… Read more: REINE DE PARIS muticulturelle/Catherine Belkhodja

Cinq poèmes traduits en français Textes de Moumen Samir, poète égyptien Traduit de l’arabe par Atlas Hader (1) Assoupissement du bûcheron aveugle Il était chagriné … Adam, notre père Il s’est éveillé un jour, S’est promené dans les pâtis Puis il dit ô Dieu tu m’a crée ainsi Grand Et majestueux Jamais je n’ai été… Read more: Cinq poèmes/Moumen Samir

نُشر هذا النص في العدد السابع من مجلة    Continuum  وهي مجلة الكتاب اليهود او من أصول يهودية  الناطقين بالفرنسية  هذا مقتطف من كتاب  “From the Desert to the book، interviews with Edmond Jabès  Belfond Editions، 1981 إدمون جابس ، حوار  مع مارسيل كوهين – إنك تتحدث قليلاً عن مصر في كتبك ، فقط  لتذكر الصحراء.… Read more: إدمون جابس ، حوار  مع مارسيل كوهين/ترجمة محسن البلاسي

كوابيس على معده فارغة إسراء العسال …استيقظت في التاسعه صباحامائده إفطار طويلةيقطينه تفتح فمها لتأكلنيوقطه سوداء تلتهم فُتات الطعام واصابعي التي تشبه خيوط العنكبوت متشابكهيسقط بينها الذباب يحاول الفرار سريعا ويموت مفتوح العينين وفي فمه دوده في فمها نمله في فمها سكرلم يعيد يروق الي السكريزيد من ترهلات جسديسقط انا على المائدهكنت مستيقظ تماماعيناي تستعد… Read more: كوابيس على معده فارغة/إسراء العسال

ڤيرونيكا كابيلاناس فنانة شاعرة سريالية ورئيس تحرير مشارك لمجلة Honidi التي تصدر عن La Belle Inutile Editions الرحلة فقط دفن النفس  ورمي التربة على العيون المفتوحة قضم التربة التحليق  مع الرمال إلى عوالم أخرى العودة  والتحول  لآخر بعيداً مجهول مثل كل النجوم. عبر هذا النهر                                                                                                                           إلى ماجدالينا بيناڤينتي الآن بعد أن أصبحتِ كل شيء وكل… Read more: قصائد لڤيرونيكا كابيلاناس 

It will be issued soon by   Safsafa  publishing house / Cairo The book : “Joyce Mansour The tuberose baby girl By the  surrealist writer, researcher, and visual artist:  Mohsen L Belasy  The book is the first book in Arabic that deals with the life journey of the francophone Egyptian surrealist erotic poet and writer Joyce… Read more: Soon the first book in Arabic about the life story of Joyce Mansour by Mohsen Elbelasy

قصائد بيير باتيو  ترجمة محسن البلاسي Brisant L’Exil تحطيم المنفى فم مبهور   ، يكسر  المنفى يجدك  ببشرة حادة ويهتز الجسد  على الدرابزين أوه !  الأشباح البيضاء التي نحن عليها ظلال عنيدة تخيم على المدينة في أعقاب شائعات المجدفين الذين صنعوا القرن الآخر في فنادق  الأكاديميات ترتبط بلادنا بالحماسة في الزلات عسل وغضب حيث يفشل… Read more: قصائد بيير باتيو