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New Writing from Latvia

February 2018

In this collection, originally featured in the February 2018 issue of Words Without Borders, we showcase new writing from Latvia.

A daytime skyline view of Riga, Latvia

Photo by Darya Tryfanava on Unsplash

Latvia: A Small Country with a Big Literature

The current decade has seen a wave of new talent.

A view from the bottom of a dark tunnel, looking up at the white sky

Photo by Valentin Lacoste on Unsplash

The Quarry

How can the earth bear such vile creatures?

Translated from Latvian by Žanete Vēvere Pasqualini

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The upper body and head of a naked, bald mannequin in a shop window

Photo by Janko Sebök on Unsplash

Lynn

By Alise Redviņa

Lynn also had an ideal personality: calm and reserved.

Translated from Latvian by Laura Adlers

Multilingual

A close-up of a keyboard synthesizer under pink and red lights

Photo by Panagiotis Falcos on Unsplash

Three Weddings and a Funeral

By Sven Kuzmins

“Pull yourself together, music man.”

Translated from Latvian by Uldis Balodis

Multilingual

An elaborate chandelier in the midst of darkness

Photo by Robert Tudor on Unsplash

“Forgetting” & “Home”

By Arvis Viguls

The pawn shop, where we sold your rings, / was shuttered.

Translated from Latvian by Jayde Will

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