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Beirut Fragments, 2021
Charif Majdalani
‘We live with the permanent sense of imminent disaster.’
Charif Majdalani on the situation in Beirut. Translated from the French by Ruth Diver.
Tender
Ariana Harwicz
‘Why can’t the heart keep still and why isn’t the brain smooth to the touch.’
An excerpt from Ariana Harwicz’s novel Tender.
Cold Enough for Snow
Jessica Au
‘I wondered how I could feel so at home in a place that was not mine.’
An excerpt from Jessica Au's novel Cold Enough for Snow.
Here Again Now
Okechukwu Nzelu
‘There was a division in his mind: home was Manchester; work was London, LA, Lagos.’ Fiction from Okechukwu Nzelu.
When We Were Birds
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
‘Some days Darwin can’t work out how long he in the city.’
An excerpt from Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s debut novel.
She Used to Sing Opera
Imogen Crimp
‘I used to be ashamed of it, though I’m not sure what exactly felt shameful.’
On training to be an opera singer.
Here Comes the Miracle
Anna Beecher
‘They so wanted to be the grown-ups still.’
An excerpt from Anna Beecher’s debut novel, shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer Award 2021.
Two Poems
Yanyi
‘A hotel being where we buy the right to stay still when no place will stay for us.’
Two poems by Yanyi.
Violets
Alex Hyde
‘There was the enamel pail of blood. She couldn’t think what she had done with it.’
An excerpt from Alex Hyde’s debut novel.
The Colony
Audrey Magee
‘Imagine that, said Mairéad. A Frenchman and an Englishman squabbling over our turf.’
A linguist and a painter clash in this excerpt from The Colony by Audrey Magee.
Three Poems
Jana Prikryl
‘I struggled to put this into words as strong as my conviction, so what advice could I give you I said’
Three poems by Jana Prikryl.
In a Jar
Morgan Talty
‘It was a glass jar filled with hair and corn and teeth. The teeth were white with a tint of yellow at the root.’
A story by Morgan Talty.
