Asterisms

Voyeur

I spy on the boys and girls in the alleyway between six-story brick buildings, containers…

Doppler Daze

I’ve become a storm tracker. It’s 2am, electric flashes turn night to day, ignite the…

Wayfinding: A Conversation with Chloë Bass

Chloë Bass’s Wayfinding is comprised of twenty-four site-specific sculptures at St. Nicholas Park, across from…

Eleven: An Autobiographical Assemblage

Clock I was born with a clock. No twin bells ringing as I made my…

excerpt from Hot with the Bad Things

Small death.      Small shame Photograph of a small room emptied      …

On the Immigrant Experience and Where’s Home: A Conversation with Angie Cruz and Rajia Hassib

A conversation about the immigrant experience and the concept of home with Angie Cruz and…

Homecoming

“Hey. It’s me.” I switch the receiver to my other hand. “It’s—hold on.” I crane…

“The Birth of a Translator” excerpt from Self-Portrait in Bloom

And so began a new life, illuminated already in the choosing of what to translate,…

Review: Niloufar Talebi’s Self-Portrait in Bloom: Translation and Power

My country Iran has been in the U.S. news for decades. The American news whipsaws…

Lissette Escariz Ferrá
Origine

–Why are you translating me? –-I want to understand every word in your body. –You…