What Is Abomination

Tomaž Šalamun

Translated by Joshua Beckman

BROADSIDE, POETRY, TRANSLATION  | $15

February 2022

Three-color broadside, designed and printed letterpress and on a digital duplicator at the UDP studio by Ainee Jeong, Raphael Schnee, and Bria Strothers as part of the BAR series, spring 2021. Numbered edition of 75.

“What Is Abomination” is featured in Tomaž Šalamun’s book Poker, which can be found here.

About the Author

Born in Zagreb in 1941, Tomaž Šalamun attracted critical notice with his first collection, Poker, which was published when he was only twenty-five. His books have been translated into nineteen languages. He has received many honors and awards including the Prešeren Prize, the Jenko Prize, and a Pushcart Prize. Šalamun passed away in late 2014.

About the Translator

Joshua Beckman is a poet, translator and editor. His recent books include The Inside of an Apple (Wave Books, 2013) and Supplication: Selected Poems of John Wieners, co-edited with CAConrad and Robert Dewhurst (Wave Books, 2015).

Publication Details

Ephemera, Print/Ephemera
Broadside. 6.25 x 8.5 in
Publication Date: February 01 2022
Distribution: Direct Only