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Uzbekistan

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Sins of the Mother: Unsettling Matrilineal Inheritance in East Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus

By Sabrina Jaszi, Mirgul Kali & Ena Selimović

The translators of the four stories in the Matrilineal collection consider matriarchal influence and the uncanny power of feminine inheritance.

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The Golden Earring

By O‘tkir Hoshimov

My mother was very careful with those gold crescent-shaped earrings, boasting that they were a gift from her mother-in-law.

Translated from Uzbek by Sabrina Jaszi

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A Parallel Convergence: Three Contemporary Russian Poets

By Alex Cigale & Dana Golin

The three poets collected here are “outliers,” who yet may be read as having points of commonality with developments in post-war American poetry.

Translated from Russian

Three Poems

By Shamshad Abdullaev

The day was silent to distraction, / only the dog’s growl traveled beyond the window

Translated from Russian by Alex Cigale & Dana Golin

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The Stone Guest

By Hamid Ismailov

“Salamalaykum, Uncle, your nephew sent me. Said you’d give me the cash.”

Translated from Uzbek by Shelley Fairweather-Vega

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Mad Marathon

By Khayrullo Fayz

I can't open my doors.

Translated from Uzbek by the author

Lovers in Samarkand

By Hamid Ismailov

You breathe in the burning air,  / your lungs fill with the air of the flute

Translated from Uzbek by Hamid Ismailov & Richard McKane