Ars Interpres Publications

Ars Interpres Publications produces an annual journal as well as bilingual and trilingual books of poetry and organizes art exhibitions in addition to public readings. The first Ars Interpres festival took place in October 2004. It featured poets from around the world including award-winning writers Les Murray and Aris Fioretos. According to editor Alexander Deriev, the principal mission of the magazine and poetry festival is to "offer the best of poetry and translation in a very special, high-quality format to its immense audience. Live readings by the poets themselves, Deriev continues, "remain something special. The spoken word allows us to see the poet's world from within, and to experience the poet's own sense of his or her work." The full schedule of events of the 2006 festival appears below as well as on the Ars Interpres website ( http://www.arsint.com/festival.html ), where short biographies and photos of the participants are also available.