National Poetry Month: 'The Translator' by Kevin Prufer

It's the final week of our National Poetry Month series, and
we're joined by Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet Kevin Prufer who
reads and discusses 'The Translator,'  a poem from his most
recent collection The Art of Fiction.


Kevin is a member of Lesley University's low residency MFA in
Creative Writing program.  Among his many awards are four
Pushcart prizes. His poems have appeared in Best American
Poetry multiple times. Kevin has written a number of
poetry collections, including How He Loved Them,
which was long-listed for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and
today he’s sharing a poem from his latest book, The Art of
Fiction, which was released earlier this year.  Read
more about Kevin Prufer.


Check out the other poems in the series:


'As for the Heart' by Erin Belieu

Lydia Leclerc on cowboys and trauma

'We Be Womxn' by U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo