Aidan Rooney’s most recent poetry collection is Go There (Madhat Press, 2020). Cécé—his English translation of Emmelie Prophète’s novel Les Villages de Dieu (Mémoires d’Encrier)—is forthcoming from Archipelago
Books in September 2025. His translations of poetry from Haitian Kreyòl and French can be read at Vox Populi, AGNI, and Tanbou, as well as in print in New American Writing #39. His honors include the Sunday Tribune / Hennessy Cognac Award for New Irish Poetry and the Daniel Varoujan Award from the New England Poetry Club. Born in Monaghan, Ireland, he lives in Massachusetts. (updated 4/2025)