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A painting of eight gray rectangles, each containing an object: a shirt on a hanger, a clothespin...
"8 mini" ("8 miniatures") © Trần Trọng Vũ. Oil on plastic, 20 x 30 cm; 2015.
Three Paintings by Trần Trọng Vũ
By Trần Trọng Vũ
Pollock-Krasner Prize–winning artist Trần Trọng Vũ contributes three paintings (as well as cover art) to WWB’s issue “Untethered States: Literature of the Vietnamese Diaspora.”
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A pen-and-ink drawing of pedestrians looking downcast and concerned. A woman holding an image of...
Image © Syd Fini. The image depicts a video of Leila Mahdavi, walking around and showing people a photo of her son. Siavash Mahmoudi was sixteen when he was killed by the regime’s bullets on September 21, 2022, during the protests.
Scenes from Woman Life Freedom
By Syd Fini
In a series of pen-and-ink drawings, Iranian artist Syd Fini portrays key figures in the country’s ongoing Woman Life Freedom protests.
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Close-up of "#WomanLifeFreedom," Roya Amigh. Thread on paper, 2022. By arrangement with the artist.
WomanLifeFreedom
By Roya Amigh
I aim to commemorate the many beloved lives taken from us during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising in Iran. 
Dusty piano
Photo by Patrick Schneider on Unsplash
Inside “Outside Music”
By Eric M. B. Becker
A playlist for Hernán Bravo Varela’s eulogy for his father and the music that he loved
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Being Mangrove: Eliseu Cavalcante in Belmonte, Bahia, Brazil
By Eliseu Cavalcante
In Being Mangrove, Eliseu Cavalcante explores the relationship between humans and the mangrove forests of Bahia, Brazil.
It’s Cold and It’s Getting So Dark
By Carmen-Francesca Banciu
I can’t sit up any more, she said. I can only lie in bed.
Translated from German by Elena Mancini
That Deep Ocean…
By Ana Candida de Carvalho Carneiro
This month, we bring you the first of three winning entries in the Words without Borders - Play for Voices Radio Drama Contest.
Translated from Italian by Stephen Pidcock
Madres Terra
By Carlos Saavedra
A photo essay of mothers of the disappeared.
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Metropolis Dynamics
By Lászlo Moholy-Nagy
This marks the first time that the Hungarian version of “Metropolis Dynamics” has been translated with its graphic layout and original linocuts intact.
Translated from Hungarian by Irina Denischenko & Bradley Gorski
Printing: On Layout
By Mieczysław Szczuka & Teresa Żarnowerówna
Translator Duda has upgraded nonsense phrasings with a nod to our digital age, and designer Kwiecień-Janikowski maintains the dynamism of the printed version, but again with a clever nod to our temporal remove.
Translated from Polish by Paulina Duda & Wojtek Kwiecień-Janikowski
New Art
By Bedřich Václavek
Václavek attempts to outline the ways in which developments in engineering and socialized labor practices are integral models for contemporary art practice.
Translated from Czech by Meghan Forbes
ButtsLoaDs
By Dragan Aleksić
A visual manifestation of New Typography’s potential power and visual dynamism, Aleksić’s use of nonsense words and enigmatic phrases conjure the chaos of the stock market.
Translated from Serbo-Croatian by Jennifer Zoble, Aleksandar Bošković & Ian McLellan Davis
Esperança Terena
By Eliseu Cavalcante
While he was with the Terena, he captured their lives: a mix of hope, spirituality, and a constant fear of losing their land once again.
The Shade of the Tenth Coconut Tree
By Kong Bunchhoeun
Silent and still, I stand / without words, waiting for you deep into darkness.
Translated from Khmer by Trent Walker
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GaSouht and praCh as Told by Master Kong Nay
By praCh & Kong Nay
Rapper praCh and poet U Sam Ouer trade verses, and Kong Nay tells the story of praCh's life.
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Recording: Nguxtapax, Yoxi, and the Five Countries
By The Ministry of Culture of Peru
Recording of the Tikuna oral storytelling tradition, accompanied by English translation via Spanish.
Translated from Spanish by Lucas Aznar Miles
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Writing the Lives of Gaza: Video Interview with Atef Abu Saif
By Luisa Leme & Atef Abu Saif
Palestinian writer Atef Abu Saif reads from his work.
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Syria Speaks: An Interview with Zaher Omareen and Malu Halasa
By Beau Bothwell
He had this sudden realization that what was happening in Hama was happening now.
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Fragile States: Artwork from freeDimensional
By freeDimensional
A visual exploration of the physical and psychological experiences of persecution and forced displacement.
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