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Learning the limits of “freedom” in China
BEIJING – When Liu Xia moved into her new flat here at the beginning of the year, Beijing's security police moved in too. Not directly into her apartment, mind… More
Buried Child
I haven’t got anything under the sofa! Now mind your own damn business! Jesus God, you come into the house outa the middle of nowhere, haven’t heard or seen… More
Death In Venice
All novels are translations, even in their original languages. This has been revealed to me over time, as I’ve worked with the various dedicated (and inevitably underpaid) people who… More
Marie ??tienne: King of a Hundred Horsemen
Translated from the French by Marilyn Hacker Marilyn Hacker received the 2009 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. Preface by Marilyn Hacker Marie Étienne has always composed poetry and prose alternately… More
King of a Hundred Horsemen
Dans mon enfance, j’avais appris a courir vite autour/ des tables./ Plus je courais, moms je me faisais prendre./ Les Père Noel exacts venaient jusqu’aux tropiques, ils/ m’apportaient des… More
Marie Étienne: King of a Hundred Horsemen
Translated from the French by Marilyn Hacker, who received the 2009 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. Preface by Marilyn HackerMarie Étienne has always composed poetry and prose alternately or simultaneously,… More
States of Shock
CHARACTERSColonelStubbsGlory BeeWhite ManWhite WomanStubbs: MY THING HANGS LIKE DEAD MEAT!!! (Pause. White couple turns and stares at Stubbs. The Colonel ignores them. He’s busy taking several toy soldiers, tanks,… More
Everything Is Cinema
Though few young filmmakers would imitate Breathless, many would imitate Godard himself, such as Breathless revealed him to be: an artistically voracious autodidact devoted fanatically to the history of… More
Once the Shore
One of my fondest memories of Hannah is receiving the “few suggestions” she had for my story “Once the Shore” before it was published in One Story. It was… More