Maria Oluwabukola Oni — Excerpt: That’s why you are forever single. If you don’t leave this place now, I will beat you like a conga drum.
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Simple Sorrows: Poems by Manglesh Dabral
Nisarg Patel — Excerpt: The four poems translated here are perfect representations of Dabral’s poetics―in their language, their form, and the themes with which they engage.
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Lost in Venice: Beyond the Gondola Rides
Amrita Mukherjee — Excerpt: It was pointless to ask my husband anything now because he was definitely not within earshot. Also, he has this personal principle of not asking for directions from human beings but rely on a piece of code.
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Following the Mississippi
Lyndon Carrier — Excerpt: I think of all the people that rely on the river to live, I think of all the people that have followed its path.
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The Headhunter’s Son
Ankush Saikia — Excerpt: For the rest of his life, the burning bird and the death of his father remained inseparably linked in Yingpai’s mind.