John Curl

This new anthology of 100 classic poems about Outer Space has just been published by Cambridge University Press with my translation from Mayan of Ah Bam’s “Those Who Build Houses and Temples" It is included in chronological order between poems by Chaucer and...

My reading of ancient and modern Mayan poetry and interview by Cesar Love of the Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal is now on YouTube. It was recorded on 9/8/22. https://youtu.be/Owniuya-vMI I read ancient and modern poetry in Mayan and in translation, and I am...

I recently was interviewed, along with Aya de León, by Dennis Bernstein of KPFA. We spoke about environmental poetry and novel writing, read our work, and spoke about the Watershed Poetry Festival. It is now on Youtube....

Outer Space: 100 Poems is now out from Cambridge University Press in the UK, and will be out in the U.S. in December. It includes my translation of the poem "Those Who Build Houses and Temples,” by Ah Bam, translated from Mayan. Here is the webpage with information...

My new poetry video, Farmworkers Song, retells the history of the United Farmworkers Union and the struggle for justice in the fields, in light of the recent Supreme Court ruling against farmworkers' rights to organize. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoZP2WZ14bY

You can read my translations of ancient Mayan and Aztec poets on the web site of FAMSI, The Foundation for the Advancement of MesoAmerican Studies http://www.famsi.org/research/curl/maya_index.html

This is the international book launch reading of Storm Warning, Poets for the Planet Building Socialism, the new multi-lingual international poetry anthology from the Revolutionary Poets Brigade and Kallatumba Press. The video is now on our YouTube channel, with over...

John Curl on the Poetry of the MayaA new podcast on the Maya Poetry of Ah Bam and Gregorio Manuel Vásquez Canché. I read their work in both Maya and English and offers my thoughts on their relevance to our times....