Guernica Editions Author Blog

“I’ve been writing, it’s been helping, and you’...
Guernica writer-in-residence Hanna Komar speaks with Mirabel, author of The Vanishing Act (& The Miracle After), about writing personal experiences, political poetry, the process of translating and more. Hanna: Hi Mirabel,...
“I’ve been writing, it’s been helping, and you’...
Guernica writer-in-residence Hanna Komar speaks with Mirabel, author of The Vanishing Act (& The Miracle After), about writing personal experiences, political poetry, the process of translating and more. Hanna: Hi Mirabel,...

Belarusian Poetry and Prose in English - Hanna ...
Belarusian literature in English does exist; you can find some of it, but it’s a challenge. I want to make life a bit easier for those who want to read...
Belarusian Poetry and Prose in English - Hanna ...
Belarusian literature in English does exist; you can find some of it, but it’s a challenge. I want to make life a bit easier for those who want to read...

Radical Democracy Under the Stars - Sean Kane
I believe the role of the critic is to ensure falsity doesn’t take the place of truth, ugliness doesn’t take the place of beauty, the bad doesn’t take the place...
Radical Democracy Under the Stars - Sean Kane
I believe the role of the critic is to ensure falsity doesn’t take the place of truth, ugliness doesn’t take the place of beauty, the bad doesn’t take the place...

What happens when you stop writing? - Hanna Komar
Hanna Komar is the first writer to take part in Guernica Editions and PEN International's Writers Residency supporting refugee writers and writers in exile. This is her second article written...
What happens when you stop writing? - Hanna Komar
Hanna Komar is the first writer to take part in Guernica Editions and PEN International's Writers Residency supporting refugee writers and writers in exile. This is her second article written...

George Elliot Clarke on Anti-Intellectualism an...
Photo: CARLOS OSORIO / TORONTO STAR Ain’t every writer an intellectual? Duh! By: George Elliot Clarke In my experience, most new writers don’t think of themselves as intellectuals. They know that they...
George Elliot Clarke on Anti-Intellectualism an...
Photo: CARLOS OSORIO / TORONTO STAR Ain’t every writer an intellectual? Duh! By: George Elliot Clarke In my experience, most new writers don’t think of themselves as intellectuals. They know that they...

Belarus' Social Need for Poetry - Hanna Komar
"I am Hanna Komar, a Belarusian poet. I like introducing myself as a poet; Belarusians like to call themselves a nation of poets." Hanna Komar shares her first article as...
Belarus' Social Need for Poetry - Hanna Komar
"I am Hanna Komar, a Belarusian poet. I like introducing myself as a poet; Belarusians like to call themselves a nation of poets." Hanna Komar shares her first article as...