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Minimal Storiesβ€” Ferit EdgΓΌ

Β TRANSLATED FROM THE TURKISH BY NEIL P. DOHERTY Dedicated to Spencer Burke   Language You are the first person to whom I have revealed that I am a foreigner and that I have written…...

WYRD WORDS: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF HORROR (PART VIII) β€” GRANDFATHER HU

CRADLING EXISTENTIAL DREAD IN SONG   Hush little baby, don’t say a word. And so begins the well-known lullaby β€œHush Little Baby” that goes on to say a great many words. As a lullaby,…...

Finding Her Lordβ€” Rabindranath Tagore

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY AMANITA SEN   By the river Jahnabi, once Tulsidaswas there at the cremation-ground.He sang to himself all alone,as he wandered around. A corpse was lying and at his feetcried his own…...

The White Dog’s Fableβ€” Yasser Abdel-latif

TRANSLATED FROM THE ARABIC BY OSAMA HAMMAD   Lucy was an infertile dog living in Maadi, the quiet Cairo suburb. For Lucy, infertility probably played a role in her psychology as a stray dog. She…...

β€œTranslating Other Poets Can Work Wonders for Your Own Work”— Dr Biswajit Chatterjee in conversation with Amanita Sen.

INTERVIEWED BY AMANITA SEN   AS: As a bilingual poet, writing both in Bengali and English and also being a translator, critic of literary works what virtues do you think a person should have, to…...

Three Tamil Poemsβ€” Mounan Yathrika

TRANSLATED FROM THE TAMIL BY SHERWIN RODRIGUEZ poem 1 When roasting meat over a firethe odour of blood must fill your nose.As the heat of the bones burns your tonguebite, tear it apart, and swallow.When…...

That Time is Pastβ€” Savita Singh

TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY RITUPARNA MUKHERJEE   Waking up suddenly, I found the skies blushing red The day had just brokenA cool breeze touched my skin, bringing wakefulness,My bed seemed a boat in deep waters When…...

Danceβ€” Indira Dangi

TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY AYUSHEE ARORA   ... For all kinds of uses, there will be no cheaper creature than a woman, in our way of life.   The three-month-old, newborn girl had been…...

The Poodle and the Christ Childβ€” Jean FrΓ©mon

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY JOHN TAYLOR   Has it ever been noticed how much Titian loved dogs? I know nothing of his personal sentiments for his pets, nor whether he hunted wild game and fowl,…...