Chilean writer Wolleter presents a selection of poems on observing the movements and grace of US basketballer Michael Jordan while in play
By Francisco Ide Wolleter and Tim Benjamin for Translation Tuesdays by Asymptote, part of the Guardian Books Network
Awarded first place in the CNCA’s Roberto Bolaño Prize for Young Literary Creation in the Poetry category, 27-year-old Francisco Ide Wolleter stands out from the latest generation of Chilean littérateurs. His Poems for Michael Jordan are miracles of observation, imbuing quotidian life with existential drama. You won’t ever watch basketball the same way again after this.
—The editors at Asymptote
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