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Morning Procession

A dreamy, bookish boy tries to make sense of his surroundings with the help of words and storytelling in Amit Dutta's novel, a finalist for the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation.
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The Dream of a Wandering Minstrel
By Pema Tseden
Pema Tseden's protagonist searches for the girl of his dreams in this mysterious and cinematic short story.
Translated from Tibetan by Tenzin Dickie
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Because of a Woman: Two Poems
By Babeth Fonchie Fotchind
Dutch poet Babeth Fonchie Fotchind remembers the women in her family and evokes her family's immigration from Cameroon to the Netherlands in these two poems.
Translated from Dutch by Michele Hutchison
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Invisible Crises
By Georgi Gospodinov
International Booker Prize-winner Georgi Gospodinov takes on economic, political, and moral crises around the world.
Translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel
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The City and the Writer: In Jericho with Karim Kattan
By Nathalie Handal
Karim Kattan talks with Nathalie Handal about borders, oral storytelling, and tropicality in Jericho.

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Purépecha Mother
By Gilberto Jerónimo Mateo
This poem from an indigenous Purépecha author celebrates the heroism of a seemingly ordinary woman.
Translated from Spanish by Earl Shorris & Sylvia Sasson Shorris
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It’s a Chick, Not a Dog
By Jar al-Nabi al-Hilw
My mother knew he was walking after her. Almost certainly she knew. Do you want me to tell you why?
Translated from Arabic by Marilyn Booth
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A Dominican “Self-Portrait” to Inspire Students’ Self-Reflections
By Nadia Kalman
Which experiences have a greater influence on us—our successes, or the times when we've been hurt?
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Movement and Multiplicity: Writing from Mauritania
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Outsider Mode
By Ahmed Isselmou
“The central server is under attack and receiving commands to self-destruct.”
Translated from Arabic by Katharine Halls
The Forsaken
By Aichetou
Translated from French by Edward Gauvin
Adabai
By Cheikh Nouh
Translated from Arabic by Sawad Hussain
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What Unites Us: Turkish Short Stories
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The Canary
By Deniz Tarsus
Every night before they went to sleep, the people of the village imagined their own deaths.
Translated from Turkish by Ayça Türkoğlu
Muzaffer and Bananas
By Yalçın Tosun
Translated from Turkish by Abby Comstock-Gay
All the Streets of the City
By Behçet Çelik
Translated from Turkish by Abby Comstock-Gay
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Singular and Universal: Stories of Parents and Children
Image: Eva Navarro, Mother and Son, 2014, acrylic on board, 40 X 40cm.
Joyful, Painful, Surreal: Life As a Parent
By Karen M. Phillips
The intensity of the parent-child relationship, with its high emotional stakes, life-and-death responsibility, and inescapable physical proximity, makes for powerful stories.
Preserves
By Samanta Schweblin
Translated from Spanish by Joel Streicker
Eagles
By Kader Abdolah
Translated from Dutch by Peter Constantine
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The March 4th Incident
By Sabda Armandio
In this excerpt of Sabda Armandio's futuristic crime novel 24 Hours with Gaspar, a writer begins investigating a mysterious criminal named Gaspar.
Translated from Indonesian by Lara Norgaard
Ancestors: Two Poems
By Alfred Schaffer
Translated from Dutch by Michele Hutchison
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Portrait of translator Julia Sanches
Julia Sanches

Julia Sanches is a translator and cofounder of Cedilla & Co.

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Portrait of Galina Rymbu
Galina Rymbu

Galina Rymbu is a literary critic, journalist, and feminist.

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Portrait of Brazilian writer Felipe Franco Munhoz
Felipe Franco Munhoz

Felipe Franco Munhoz is a writer and translator from São Paulo, Brazil.

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A portrait of Georgi Gospodinov, a Bulgarian writer.
Georgi Gospodinov

Georgi Gospodinov won the 2023 International Booker Prize.

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Portrait of translator Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Musharraf Ali Farooqi is an author, novelist and translator.

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Portrait of translator Julia Sanches
Julia Sanches

Julia Sanches is a translator and cofounder of Cedilla & Co.

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Portrait of Galina Rymbu
Galina Rymbu

Galina Rymbu is a literary critic, journalist, and feminist.

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Portrait of Brazilian writer Felipe Franco Munhoz
Felipe Franco Munhoz

Felipe Franco Munhoz is a writer and translator from São Paulo, Brazil.

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A portrait of Georgi Gospodinov, a Bulgarian writer.
Georgi Gospodinov

Georgi Gospodinov won the 2023 International Booker Prize.

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Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Musharraf Ali Farooqi is an author, novelist and translator.

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Understanding Humanity through Books: Kyung-Sook Shin’s “I Went to See My Father”
By David Vogel
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“A Broken Man in Flower, Versions of Yannis Ritsos”: A Poetics of Isolation and Spirited Resistance for the Twenty-First Century
By Suzana Vuljevic
Cover of Battle Songs by Daša Drndić, translated by Celia Hawkesworth
Darkness and Refuge in Canada: Daša Drndić’s “Battle Songs”
By Ben Goldman
Cover of I Went to See My Father by Kyung-Sook Shin, translated by Anton Hur
Understanding Humanity through Books: Kyung-Sook Shin’s “I Went to See My Father”
By David Vogel
Cover of David Harsent's A Broken Man in Flower: Versions of Yannis Ritsos
“A Broken Man in Flower, Versions of Yannis Ritsos”: A Poetics of Isolation and Spirited Resistance for the Twenty-First Century
By Suzana Vuljevic
Cover of Battle Songs by Daša Drndić, translated by Celia Hawkesworth
Darkness and Refuge in Canada: Daša Drndić’s “Battle Songs”
By Ben Goldman