ISSUE 23: DEADLINES
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ISSUE 23: DEADLINES ✺
Poems from two threatened languages in Latvia.
Poems from two threatened languages in Latvia.
“They don’t go to Nietzsche to reflect on or question themselves, but to confirm their beliefs.”
Medical exams to determine the age of asylum seekers are putting minors at risk.
“After pulling out her chair, she squeezed herself into the space under the desk, closed her eyes, and slept.”
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Behind the evictions transforming Mexico City.
“Maybe I did in fact return the woman’s mitten, for the line between reality and fantasy is so tenuous.”
OCCASIONAL DISPATCHES ON THE LATEST NEWS, EVENTS, AND IDEAS
What’s happening in France?
Brazil’s south reckons with how to respond to extreme floods.
INTERVIEWS WITH OUR CONTRIBUTORS AND REPORTERS AROUND THE GLOBE
A conversation with Winthrop Rodgers, whose article on efforts to preserve Yazidi oral storytelling was published in our Language issue.
A conversation with Carey Baraka, whose short story “The Sound of the Waves” was published in our America issue.
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JOURNALISM
Four young women share stories of survival under military rule in Myanmar.
As governments across the world crack down on migration, can alternatives to asylum make a difference?
Life in the aftermath of the 2020 explosion.
ESSAYS
Data centers have proliferated across Ireland, at great cost.
Global maritime shipping is riddled with obstacles that slow down logistics, some of which are intentionally implemented to increase profit.
The tech mogul’s statements about his country of origin reveal that he never really knew the place.
POETRY
“Tiananmen Tower was flooded with the orange-red faces of the young guards. / People wandered and wasted away.”
“Bird the Knife” and “Measure to protect cultural heritage”
BULLETIN FROM BABEL
“Oh, how I admire the capacity of the Spanish language to express uncertainty so precisely!”
María Kodama’s fierce loyalty transformed the legacy of Argentina’s most-cherished author.
Notes on the end of a fifteen-year friendship.