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Prejudice

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

We shall sleep no more on the pillow of echoing pathos

Translated from French by Jean Anderson

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A close up of the corner of stacked papers and folders on a table.

Photo by Isaac Bowen on Flickr licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

The Myth of Gravity: A Small Act of Social Defiance

By Xavier Stanziola

One day you’re a revolutionary, and the next you’re a civil servant.

Translated from Spanish by Alexander Aguayo

The World at Home: US Writing in Translation

By Susan Harris

This issue is not a departure but a continuation.

I Am Not Your Cholo

By Marco Avilés

In San Marcos I could be poor and cholo and I didn’t have the pressure of hiding or explaining myself.

Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes

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Bahaa and Shareef Escape to New York

By Ezzedine Fishere

They didn’t get any satisfaction from coming out.

Translated from Arabic by Jonathan Smolin

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House Taken Over

By Yuri Herrera

The house knew how to determine what was important.

Translated from Spanish by Lisa M. Dillman

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The Madman of Bonanjo

By Alain Mabanckou

You can hang a man from a tree, but you cannot hang History with him.

Translated from French by Helen Stevenson

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A cup of tea with mint leaves

Photo by FIsh God on Unsplash

The Book of Disappearance

By Ibtisam Azem

We inherit memory the way we inherit the color of our eyes and skin.

Translated from Arabic by Sinan Antoon

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Seven Stories

By Osama Alomar

A strange thing began to happen in the country.

Translated from Arabic by C.J. Collins

Roadkill

“Roadkill’s something you get used to seeing in America”

Translated from Japanese by Jeffrey Angles

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A dirty black chair illuminated in a dark cell

Photo by Spencer Tamichi on Unsplash

A Slice of Darkness

By Hossein Mortezaeian Abkenar

“Why do you think they brought you here?”

Translated from Persian by Sara Khalili

After the Inferno

By Zhang Xinxin

“I’m the Girl-Homer with her eyes wide open.”

Translated from Chinese by Helen Wang

The Assassin

Still we couldn't stop writing.

Translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha

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The Sound of Snow

While snow was striking the windowpanes, my ears could only hear the sound of screaming and crying from a distant land.

Translated from Burmese by Maung Maung Myint

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How I Went to School

By Tera Fabiánová

I liked doing math. The seven-times table was my darling.

Translated from Czech by David Chirico