ISSUE 31: FICTION
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“I learned, in fact, how to make myself invisible.”
“I learned, in fact, how to make myself invisible.”
“All I wanted was to be nowhere with you.”
“There lay the space suit, its sleeves and legs twisted unnaturally, like a victim of a fall from a great height.”
“He had neither family nor tribe to be proud of, except for Neil Armstrong, who set foot on the Moon the day he was born.”
“I was up against two opposing demands: his longing to be pronounced a man, and the government’s preference that he was not.”
“Said quietly, the name lingers in your mouth like a candy-sized stone, impossible to swallow or spit out.”
“I entered that bathroom a romantic teen and left a tormented woman.”
“Now she ate and drank, but didn’t know who she was. A whole eighty years of life forgotten.”
INTERVIEWS WITH OUR CONTRIBUTORS AND REPORTERS AROUND THE GLOBE
A conversation with Karim Kattan, whose short story “Burial at Sea” was published in our Fiction issue. A previous story, “Salt Air,” translated from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman, was published in our Promises issue.
A conversation with Marzio Mian, whose reporting on the Trump family’s luxury real estate project on a remote island in Albania was published in our Fathers issue.
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Transgender people in China — no matter their age — require parental consent to transition.
ESSAYS
Eduard Habsburg, with the help of his royal ancestors, wants to fix your marriage, your soul, and your politics.
Two recent Uyghur memoirs grapple with how to portray the oppressed minority as more than victims.
The tech mogul’s statements about his country of origin reveal that he never really knew the place.
POETRY
“The world happens, as illusive as dreams.”
BULLETIN FROM BABEL
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The language-learning app won’t make you fluent, but maybe that’s not the point.