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Winter 2020
‘There must be ways to organise the world with language.’
From ‘Binyavanga’ by Pwaangulongii Dauod
The English language is like London, a cluster of myriad villages, each with its own atmosphere and particular cadences. This issue – our 150th – celebrates language, showcasing some of the most inventive writers of fiction today.
From this Issue
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Carolyn
Andrew O'Hagan
‘Where was Denver in all of this, or the wide open road to Mexico, or the woman, hip to the souls of sensitive men, who was played on-screen by Sissy Spacek and later by Kirsten Dunst?’
Andrew O’Hagan remembers Carolyn Cassady, beat writer and widow of Neal Cassady.
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A Portrait of My Mother
Michael Collins (Photographer)
Photographer Michael Collins on his mother’s life following a series of strokes.
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The Story of Anya
Mazen Maarouf
‘The dreams were packed together like coloured soap bubbles.’
Short fiction by Mazen Maarouf, translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright.
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An Instrument of Pure Motion
Tommi Parrish
‘They say they are too busy but actually they are too busy for you.’
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The Young Entrepreneurs of Miss Bristol’s Front Porch
Sidik Fofana
‘Every black girl on my block was waitin to get a look at Kandese when she first come for the summer. Her grandmuhva told us she hit a teacher with a ruler and got kicked out of her school in Harlem.’
Fiction by Sidik Fofana.
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Why We Walk
Ian Willms & Adam Foulds
‘There are glimmers of the reality beyond, the promise of redemption even in the darkest places.’
Adam Foulds introduces the photography of Ian Willms.
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Binyavanga
Pwaangulongii Dauod
‘There are many writers, including myself, who owe their careers to Binyavanga. He was the most generous writer of his generation.’
Pwaangulongii Dauod remembers the late Binyavanga Wainaina.
