Author's Bio:
Rim Battal is a poet, journalist, and artist. She is the author of multiple poetry collections in French, including L’eau du bain, Vingt poèmes et des poussières, Latex, and Pommes girl. Her novel, Je me regarderai dans les yeux (which Galiot Press will be publishing in English this November as I’ll Look Myself in the Eyes), won the 2025 prix de la littérature arabe des lycéens and was a finalist for the main Arab literature prize in France. Battal splits her time between Paris and Rabat.
Translator's Bio:
Liza Tripp has been a translator of French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese into English texts since 2003. In addition to I’ll Look Myself in the Eyes, she recently translated Hélène Hérault's One Way (Silent Clamor Press, July 2026). Her poetry translations have appeared in the Cordite Poetry Review and the International Poetry Review. She is the recipient of a 2026 Villa Albertine translation grant, for Rim Battal’s Bathwater [L’eau du bain]. She resides in Centerport, NY and Rockport, MA.