Vala Thorodds is a translator, poet, publisher, and editor. She received a PEN/Heim grant for her translation of the novel Swanfolk, by Kristín Ómarsdóttir, published in the US and the UK in 2022, and her translation of Forevernoon, by Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir, was recently named a Guardian poetry book of the month. Her work has appeared in publications including Granta, the White Review, and The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem.
Photo by Evelyn Paris / UnsplashNational Anthem
This is my room, it
is called Iceland. A sea cable fastens
it to Europe and to here and
from here fly airplanes with
their ink cartridges full of people…
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