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Belonging

A blurred picture of a person walking in a street at night.

Art by David Hammons. Courtesy of Harvard University Art Museums. Public domain.

Black and Blue

In two contrasting quartets of poems, New Caledonian poet Paul Wamo reflects on his otherness in France and his deep connection with the natural world of his native Lifou.

Translated from French by Jean Anderson

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An old ornate mansion in India with a green wrought iron gate

Photo by Vikram Nath Chouhan 🇮🇳 on Unsplash

Once Elephants Lived Here: Part 2

By Geetanjali Shree

The city murmured in the mazes of her ancient face.

Translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell

Two blue glass skyscrapers seen from below against a cloudy blue sky

Photo by Shubham Sharma on Unsplash

Once Elephants Lived Here: Part 1

By Geetanjali Shree

Here, all things old have been suppressed.

Translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell

Black and white photograph of Sámi people traveling with reindeer

Swedish National Heritage Board, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons

The Deportation of the Northern Sámi

By Elin Anna Labba

The children ask where they are going. They, too, have begun to grasp that they are not heading home.

Translated from Swedish by Fiona Graham

Young Russophonia: New Literature in Russian

By Hilah Kohen & Josephine von Zitzewitz

These writings spark immediate conversations through rapid-fire literary texts rather than typical online commentary.

See-the-Sea

By Dina Salústio

Are all of us accidents wandering through other people’s lives?

Translated from Portuguese by Nina Perrotta

You’ve Likely Never Been to a Party This Big

By Borja Bagunyà

In a house like this you imagined all the stories had happy endings.

Translated from Catalan by Scott Shanahan