Bollagata

Edda Sólveig’s back is turned to me as she stands on a dry island in the damp floor. I look past her, out my arched window, the jewel of… More

Cheolsu

A warm fire. I, too, wanted to stay there forever. Tell Cheolsu his chicken was ripped apart and eaten by a rabid dog. But instead I stood and watched… More

One, Two

At the very second in which revulsion rises in her throat she hears the siren. Insistent. They’ve discovered the boss is a blue lizard. More

Curtains

My mother spoke softly and only for a little time, not interrupting but taking her turn. I could hear none of her words. Her voice did not have its… More

The Ravens

This is our patch. We have no other. This soil, observed by the sun and the ravens. This plot beneath a sky criss-crossed by jet planes. More

Marta

The sun still hangs bright in the sky, but I imagine that it has already gone down, that we have finished with our work, that the fireflies are roaming… More

A Letter from PEN

Dear Friends, Ten years ago, in 2004, Salman Rushdie, then President of the PEN American Center, had the idea of initiating an international literature festival in New York City –… More