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far from the eye far from the heart

In Creativity by Merima Dizdarević

اﻟﺴﻤﻜﺔ ، ﺣﺘﻰ وھﻲ ﻓﻲ ﺷﺒﺎك اﻟﺼﯿﺎدﯾﻦ ، ﺗﻈﻞ ﺗﺤﻤﻞ راﺋﺤﺔ اﻟﺒﺤﺮ The fish Even in the fisherman’s net Still carries the smell of the sea Mourid Barghouti اﻟﺒﺮﻏﻮﺛﻲ ﻣﺮﯾﺪ I Saw Ramallah ھﻠﻼ رام …

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Saga

In Creativity by Roberto Balò

Saga Un poema fantascientifico / A science-fiction poem •   Table of Contents saga (1999-2021) falsa partenza / false start ristoro / rest stop  non ritorno / no return  ricapitolare / recap ambiguità temporale / …

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Editorial Statement – Alfabeti del Corpo

In Criticism by Montana Ray

  Studying feminist texts of the 1960s-80s is, for me, strategic rather than nostalgic: a pointed response to contemporary lethal attacks on women and reproductive rights. Such attacks are in full force across the Americas—all …

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Translation as a Political Experience

In Criticism by Marie Moïse

The following excerpt is from the paper, “Translation as a Political Experience,” on translating Black feminist texts from English into Italian by Marie Moïse. In the previous section Moïse discusses her co-translation of Angela Davis’s …

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Flowers, Not Concrete

In Criticism by Mónica de la Torre

1. Hope Insists Action The first comprehensive study of concrete poetry to appear in the US, in 1968, was the influential volume Concrete Poetry: A World View. On its cover appears a concrete poem by …

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The Challenges of Translation

In Criticism by Patricia Badji

I am just like many students of translation — full of hope and theoretical knowledge, along with some practical experience. Studying translation means developing the ability to make decisions and follow through with them. Making …

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My Mother’s House Has Many Rooms

In Visual Art by Montana Ray

Portraiture is my current mode of inquiry because bodies are our best archives. In this collaborative series, I explored photographs of my friends’  ancestors, especially mothers, and responded with work in 35mm color film. Many …

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Exercise in Imagination

In Creativity, Visual Art by Lucia Minuno

“I would like to briefly recount in what way and under what circumstances I came to know Quinto Martini in his person and in his art.” [1] Thus begins Mario Richter’s account of his encounter …

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