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Epicrisis
Kirill Kobrin
Kirill Kobrin on living through war and the conflict in Ukraine. Translated from the Russian by Veronika Zitta.
It’s Been Evening all day Long
Daniel Khalastchi
‘Just as blank I sink the bank beneath / my grief of never having money.’
A poem by Daniel Khalastchi.
Haunting Myself
Seán Hewitt
‘Lying is something I had become good at with practice.’
An excerpt from All Down Darkness Wide.
Vapors
Rebecca Miller
‘She turned toward the voice and there he was, standing there, like Death.’
A short story by Rebecca Miller.
Notes on Craft
Missouri Williams
‘After a series of seizures in my temporal lobe, I started to forget words and say sentences backwards.’
Missouri Williams on the drive to circle back.
Scattered All Over the Earth
Yoko Tawada
‘You don’t understand. The country where I used to live is now gone.’
and the earth drank deep
Ntsika Kota
Ntsika Kota is the winner of the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa.
The Stars Are Blind
Anna Dorn
‘A few years ago, while in between jobs, I started doing astrology readings for cash.’
Anna Dorn on her astrology journey.
In Conversation
Leslie Jamison & Margo Jefferson
‘The self is the work of art. Criticism puts that self in the service of other art.’
The authors discuss the multiplicity of the self, the idea of necessity, and how to work with what you lack.
The Last Diver on Earth
Sofia Mariah Ma
Winner of the 2022 Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize for Asia.
