Translated from German

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Oswald Eggers was born in Lana, Italy, in 1963. His works of prose and poetry have been translated in multiple languages; of which, Room of Rumor: Tunings appeared in English on Green Integer in 2004. He has been Professor of Language and Form at the Muthesius Art School since 2011. In 2014, he was the recipient of the Villa Massimo grant. Val di non (2017) was longlisted for the Austrian Book Prize. Egger resides at the Raketenstation Hombroich.

Jonathan Larson is a poet and translator living in Brooklyn. His translations of Friederike Mayröcker’s Scardanelli and From Embracing the Sparrow-wall were published by The Song Cave and OOMPH! Press, respectively, and his translation of Francis Ponge’s Nioque of the Early-Spring was also published by The Song Cave.