J. Kates

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J. Kates is a minor poet and literary translator. His translations of Aigerim Tazhi’s poems, Paper-Thin Skin, were published by Zephyr Press in 2019.

A Poem from Kazakhstan
By Aigerim Tazhi

July 25, 2024 Aigerim Tazhi
Photo by Manikanth Halyal / Unsplash[Untitled] At the edge of the village a woman in a stupa ground millet. She whistled brazenly, calling the wind from the steppe to keep the chaff flying so her eyes…
Paper-Thin Skin by Aigerim Tazhi
By Aigerim Tazhi

Aigerim Tazhi
Brookline, Massachusetts. Zephyr Press. 2019. 147 pages. Since she was still a child when the Soviet Union broke up, perhaps it is no wonder that in this volume of poetry Kazakhstani poet Aigerim Taz…