Other Voices, Other Worlds
The lineup for this year’s PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature was announced today at an event held in the beautiful courtyard of the Instituto Cervantes in New… More
In the Time of Jaguars
Having lived many years in the scrub grass in the way of birds/ The boy took on a bird’s kind of stare—/ He obtained a fountain-esque vision./ he observed… More
Diary of a Wave Outside the Sea
Of all my letters, there was one that I read again and again. It was a love letter. Of all my pictures, there was one that I stared at for long… More
Death in Spring
After I had left behind the Pont de Fusta and slope, I began to run. I stopped at the edge of the forest, out of breath. No sound issued… More
Home Truths
When we talk about surveillance in other countries, repression in other countries, political problems in other countries, we need to keep in mind that we have some problems here… More
Soap and Ambergris
I live in a small, single-story house in Al-Atayef Quarter. My husband didn’t leave me anything, apart from a mud house that shakes when the thunder crashes and the… More
Celestial Harmonies
1. It is deucedly difficult to tell a lie when you don't know the truth.2. To kick off a text with a ferocious-looking baroque grand seigneur is gratifying; a… More
Agua de bordes lúbricos / Water’s Lubricious Edges
Water of jellyfish, lacteal, sinuous water, water of lubricious borders; glassy thickness—Deliquescence in delectable contours. Water—sumptuous water of involution, of languor More
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