“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…

“how to run / out of our own flesh—”: A Review of Grace Shuyi Liew’s Careen

Writing about the musician Mitski, Jia Tolentino argues that, “there is a notion, informed by…

Expanding the Waters of Love: A Review of Shayla Lawson’s I Think I’m Ready To See Frank Ocean

“Of course, when I say, ‘Ocean’ I am thinking of myself —how every time I…

Wanting Rooms: Carley Moore and Nicole Calihan in Conversation

Across time and space, Carley Moore and Nicole Calihan meet to have a conversation to…

On Dream Houses and Ex-Girlfriends

I read Carmen Maria Machado’s new memoir In the Dream House in a day. It’s…

Microeditorial: Harriet, Black Women Gather

Harriet is cinematic church. This weekend, Black women gathered in a Tampa theater reciting spirituals,…

Hector Garza
Tender Age

Luz always cried. Paz never did but could make others cry just by looking at…

Reading the Palimpsest

You are a mouse. You have a comfortable home. A dense layer of wood chips…