Poems from Asturias
“The cherry branch claws at your iris /
or perhaps it’s the spring sun.”
Only a Little While Here
Quick question: do you know what happened to the june bugs in Bogotá?
At the Biscuit Factory
A conversation on translation between Lea Ypi, Joy Williams and Julia Wiedlocha.
The Dead End
Instead of the house and its trees, suddenly the sky appeared at the end of the street.
An American Missionary in Greenland
In this small community, the pastor is the only one who won’t talk politics.
Miami Is Cuba Backwards
“In Miami, Trumpism is just as overwhelming, and as fundamentalist, as Castroism is in Cuba.”
In Transit
“What a good girl he’d found himself — nice, and not too tall for a Sámi man like him.”
“Knocking on Absolutely Every Door”
When migrants die trying to reach Europe, their families become lost in a maze of bureaucracy and manipulation.
The Dissident in Berlin
“The dissident isn’t much interested in this itinerary. In fact, he’s not interested at all.”
The Glamour Zoo
“There was a restlessness in the breeze, and in the rain, and in the golden snub-nosed monkey and the red panda next door, and yes, in Wang Yifan and me.”
Bears at the Border
How immigration and tariff policies affect the animals that roam between the U.S. and Mexico.
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