Gjekë Marinaj’s Teach Me How to Whisper was recognized as South Korea’s 2024 Book of the Year from the literary journal “Lyric Poetry & Poetics.” The journal, which represents all of South Korea’s major universities, is among the country’s most authoritative forums for literary culture.
“Teach Me How to Whisper’s spirit fluctuates between pandimensional immensities and compactness. Some of the poems portray Marinaj’s youth in Albania, where oral balladry and epic verse influenced his formation.”—World Literature Today