Real by Karin Karakaşlı, translated by Canan Marașligil with Sarah Howe
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY TRANSLATION CHOICE SUMMER 2024 Penguin Putnam The ageing residents of Emily

The ageing residents of Emily Court celebrate a birthday and dance

The collection’s title points to the underlying philosophy expressed in these poems: that earthly joy is

hearing tree-talk

dark cloth lifted

its spooks and cobwebs waiting at every turn

Real by Karin Karakaşlı, translated by Canan Marașligil with Sarah Howe<br><b>POETRY BOOK SOCIETY TRANSLATION CHOICE SUMMER 2024</b> Penguin Putnam The ageing residents of EmilyAn acclaimed writer in multiple genres as well as a journalist and academic, Karin Karakal has repeatedly turned to poetry to chart complex emotional geographies both her own and those of her country, Turkey. Her highly cinematic poems are powered by music, metaphor and a fascination for the mechanics of language itself. Running through her work is a deeply held belief in the emancipatory potential of words. Following on from her 2019 chapbook History