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I float on worry

In this poem from her new collection Something Evergreen Called Life, Sudanese author Rania Mamoun considers the loneliness and of exile and lockdown.

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Elisa Taber (left) and Liliana Ancalao (right)

Living Words: An Introduction to Five Contemporary Mapuche Texts

By Elisa Taber & Liliana Ancalao

Liliana Ancalao and Elisa Taber discuss the genocide of the Mapuche people, and how Mapuche writing both stitches together that open wound and recognizes the historical and cultural continuity of this people.

Translated from Spanish by Elisa Taber

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Seven Ways to Hide Behind a Dog

By Yordanka Beleva

In this short piece, Yordanka Beleva takes a clinical approach to canine companionship.

Translated from Bulgarian by Ivan Kolarov

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Tobias Carroll recommends new books you won't want to miss translated from Korean, French, Esperanto, Japanese, and Portuguese.

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The City and the Writer: In Palermo with Roberto Alajmo

By Nathalie Handal

For the special Sicily series of the City and the Writer, Roberto Alajmo speaks with Nathalie Handal about elasticity, death, and paintings in Palermo.

Translated from Italian by the author

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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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Coming into Focus: Sudanese Women Writers

Image: Yasmeen Abdullah, “The Butterfly Effect.” By arrangement with the artist.

Aperture: Sudanese Female Novelists Coming into Focus

By Sawad Hussain

Is there some sort of double marginalization at play?

At the Coffee Shop

By Rania Mamoun

Translated from Arabic by Nesrin Amin

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Al-Nar Street

By Zeinab Belail

Translated from Arabic by Nesrin Amin

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2023 International Booker Nominees

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Translating Gujarat: A Literary Intervention

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Translating Gujarat: On Raising Visibility and Sharing Literary Wealth

By Jenny Bhatt

Jenny Bhatt wraps up our Gujarati feature with her essay on Gujarati literary history and the importance of translation as a mode of recovery and reclamation.

Crossroad

By Varsha Adalja

Translated from Gujarati by Jenny Bhatt

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To Loved Ones

By Jayesh Jeevibahen Solanki

Translated from Gujarati by Gopika Jadeja

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I Am a Witness

By Anonymous

An anonymous author reflects on their relationship to history and on what it means to both witness and participate in historic protests in Iran.

Translated from Persian by Poupeh Missaghi

The Five O’Clock Train to Rostock

By Brigitte Reimann

Translated from German by Lucy Jones

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By Yordanka Beleva

Translated from Bulgarian by Izidora Angel

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I float on worry

Living Words: An Introduction to Five Contemporary Mapuche Texts

Seven Ways to Hide Behind a Dog

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The Watchlist: March 2023

The City and the Writer: In Palermo with Roberto Alajmo

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Purépecha Mother

It’s a Chick, Not a Dog

A Dominican “Self-Portrait” to Inspire Students’ Self-Reflections

Featured Collections

Aperture: Sudanese Female Novelists Coming into Focus

At the Coffee Shop

Al-Nar Street

Boulder

Bonsai

Invisible Crises

Translating Gujarat: On Raising Visibility and Sharing Literary Wealth

Crossroad

To Loved Ones

I Am a Witness

The Five O’Clock Train to Rostock

Keder

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Georgi Gospodinov

Jacqui Cornetta

Edina Szvoren

Rishi Reddi

Sean Gasper Bye

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Edina Szvoren

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Sean Gasper Bye

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Foreignizing the Foreign: Aron Aji Translates Ferit Edgü

Unidentified Memories: Jon Bilbao’s “The Strangers”

“I Don’t Feel It”: On Liv Strömquist’s “The Reddest Rose: Romantic Love from the Ancient Greeks to Reality TV”

Foreignizing the Foreign: Aron Aji Translates Ferit Edgü

Unidentified Memories: Jon Bilbao’s “The Strangers”

“I Don’t Feel It”: On Liv Strömquist’s “The Reddest Rose: Romantic Love from the Ancient Greeks to Reality TV”