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translated by Meryl Natchez and Karina McCorkle To Faina, galya, mother, father, grandmother, valya, sveta, and all the others living and dead [1]   1 when we lived in Siberia we were hollowed out we were ...

Excerpted from “When we lived in Siberia” by Oksana Vasyakina

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translated by Walid Abdallah and Andy Fogle Love in a Time of Terrorism Where did you come from? What land gave you your life? The horizon is studded with pieces of fire. Who said that the jasmine ...

Two Poems by Farouk Goweda

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The New God We looked at the map All those rivers we had crossed searching for that new god the priests said was born for our sake When we reached his homeland We found crowds marching in his funeral ...

Three Poems by Sinan Antoon

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translated by Don Boes and Gabriella Bedetti the one who has eyes is the one who sees tomorrow the one who's waiting is the one who succeeds which hand is strong not the one holding the present but the ...

Three Poems by Henri Meschonnic

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translated by Rachael Daum N., the famous explorer of the expanses of the northern seas, briefed the public shortly after the unfortunate sinking of the Titanic in the year 1912 on his particular knowledge regarding ...

Lusitania: Prologue by Dejan Atanacković

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translated by Kate Whittemore I can tell by your face that you’ve seen the dead bird at the edge of the beach, the feathers glued down like a plastic skin. I was witness to how the sea left it there this morning. I ...

Gravity by Aroa Moreno Durán

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translated by Erin Goodman Pablo Arreola’s face was distorted. The flash of light imposed a new symmetry on his cheeks, marked by premature old age. Another bolt of lightning caused a subsequent ...

Shots in the Dark by Jorge Olivera Castillo

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translated by Allana Noyes Ambrosia prayed for the rain that soaked the buildings down to their foundations, and the howling wind made its presence felt until dawn when it finished by smashing the houses to pieces. ...

Ambrosia Prayed for Rain By Noé Blancas-Blancas

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translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey previously published in the Dutch-language literary magazine De Revisor At last, I can paint the central figure onto the canvas. The background is done: the green of the fig trees ...

RGB by Lucia van den Brink

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