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Wealth

A picture of three military helicopters flying.

Picture by Elen Schurova, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

i had a country once

By Chantal T. Spitz

In this searing short fiction, Mā’ohi writer Chantal T. Spitz denounces the colonial impulses driving seasteading proposals in the Pacific.

Translated from French by Jean Anderson

Portrait of writer Felipe Restrepo Pombo

Photo copyright © R. Trejo

The Paradox of Unrestrained Power

By Ezra E. Fitz

It’s always struck me how many rich people in our countries end up hiring their own private armies: a very Colombian phenomenon.

Treasures

By Mohamed Magani

She tapped the photo and said, “When I am dead, this is the photo of me I want you to keep.”

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

The Final Stretch

The old woman refused to wear any clothing she had not sewn herself.

Translated from Spanish by Julie Hempel

A Form of African Identity

By Germano Almeida

It was only very gradually that we came to understand that the Europeans, out of malice or simple ignorance, had instilled in us our reluctance to accept our condition as Africans.

Translated from Portuguese by Stephen Henighan

Al Fisaikra

By Qatari Oral Tradition

Set me free and I'll make you rich.

Translated from Arabic by Kholoud Saleh

Books hanging on light fixtures

Photo by Hatice Yardım on Unsplash

Invisible Crises

By Georgi Gospodinov

We must admit here that we, people on the side of literature, writers, publishers, and enthusiastic readers, have to a certain extent accepted our own defeat.

Translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel