Blekk
Ariana Reines in conversation with Anna Kleiva and Eira Søyseth
18:30
Blekk presents Ariana Reines in conversation with Anna Kleiva and Eira Søyseth at Landmark.
Ariana Reines, one of the most influential poets working today, stops in Bergen. Over the past two years she has published two books: Wave of Blood, appearing in Norwegian this year from HOF in Anna Kleiva’s translation, and The Rose. The two differ in form and subject yet interweave, showing the range of her writing. Wave of Blood is an essayistic-poetic exploration of genocide, guilt, language and the public sphere, and how all of it connects to the body. The Rose is a poetry collection in a more traditional format, taking on one of the greatest poetic motifs: love and the symbolism attached to it, with the rose as its starting point.
There will be readings from and conversation about both books, and the second part opens the floor to questions.
Ariana Reines works across poetry, theatre, performance and astrology. Her writing is in dialogue with contemporary events and rhetoric as much as with ancient texts. Anna Kleiva is a Norwegian poet and translator, most recently of the collection Triks (2025), and has translated several of Reines’ books into Norwegian. Eira Søyseth is a Norwegian poet and translator, editor of Blekk, most recently of Fellesskapsmonsteret (2026).