This month we present writing by Kurdish authors. Writers from various regions and dialects consider questions of nation, language, and identity.
Bakhtiyar Ali sees an assassin draw the line
Abdulla Pashew considers poetic morality
Kajal Ahmad delineates a politics of the body
And more from Yavuz Ekinci, Hama Jaza, Jamal Khambar, Murathan Mungan, Murat Özyaşar, Ziad Rashad, and Alber Sabanoglu. Our special section of Polish literary reportage sends Paweł Smoleński to Kurdistan, Witold Szablowski to Bangladesh, andAndrzej Stasiuk to Kyrgyzstan. And in the third installment of "Spirit Summoning,"Sakumi Tayama's fake mediums get a real surprise.
The Year in Review
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The City and the Writer: In New York City with Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Can you describe the mood of New York City as you feel/see it?
Feeling New York happen is like experiencing feeling through a turning kaleidoscope. If you've ever thought to drink what you see turning in a kaleidoscope, on the rocks, that's the mood of New York. A liquid subjunctive. more>>>
Elisa Wouk Almino reviews Albert Cossery's Laziness in the Fertile Valley
In a musty, cavernous house, three brothers, their father, and uncle sleep through day and night. more>>>
WWB: The Best of the First Ten Years
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