ხსოვნა
The original Georgian-language text of a short poem picturing a mother's hands and arms only in shades of grey memory.
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Maya Sarishvili is the author of Microscope , which won the SABA Literary Award for Poetry, and Covering Reality (2001), as well as several radio plays. Her work is forthcoming or has appeared in Guernica , Plume , Asheville Poetry Review , Nashville Review , The Los Angeles Review , Bitter Oleander , and others. Her poetry has been translated into many languages, and she has taken part in numerous international festivals, including Poetry International in Rotterdam (2007) and SOTZIA in Tallinn, Estonia (2008). Photo by Shota Iatashvili

Nene Giorgadze’s work is forthcoming or has appeared in Ann Arbor Review , Raleigh Review , RHINO , Quiddity , Turbulence , Cutthroat , and others. She has an MA in Georgian literature from Ilia State University in Tbilsi, Georgia. Photo by

Timothy Kercher translates contemporary poetry form the Republic of Georgia. His poems and translations have appeared or are forthcoming in Crazyhorse , Versal , upstreet , Bateau Press , Virginia Quarterly Review , The Minnesota Review , and others. Photo by Allison Kercher