Translated from the Japanese by Ivan Vartanian
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Out of Ark
Yumiko Utsu
Yumiko Utsu
Yumiko Utsu's work has been exhibited internationally in venues such as The Saatchi Gallery in London and Palais Lumière in Paris.
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Ocean Hotpot
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‘I promise you, the committee only looks at two things: how feasible a proposal is, and what it could actually do for the environment.’
A bureaucrat and an entrepreneur discuss environment-saving proposals in a short play by Si’an Chen, translated by Jeremy Tiang.
Two Poems
Mark Waldron
‘Something good leaks out of the world / Something bad leaks in’
Poetry by Mark Waldron.
Two Poems
Eleni Sikelianos
‘in the animal mirror my incisors / were not fangs but surely / they could still tear / meat’
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‘I went to Enid’s funeral and there was a mole on the coffin and it seemed / aware of us but unconcerned.’
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On Marguerite Duras
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‘Everyone says you were beautiful when you were young.’
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Stupid Girls
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‘It was 1 a.m., and it was Los Angeles; they were used to indiscretion.’
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