Once I Mistook the Moonlight on the Sea

Ma Xu (Tr. Jennifer Fossenbell & Zuo Fei) 2/27/25 Ma Xu (Tr. Jennifer Fossenbell & Zuo Fei) 2/27/25

Once I Mistook the Moonlight on the Sea

“Oh, once again I mistook things”

Sebastián López Brach 2/25/25 Sebastián López Brach 2/25/25

The Return of a Lost City

Nearly 50 years after it disappeared, Miramar is reemerging from the water.

Damisola Sulaiman 2/20/25 Damisola Sulaiman 2/20/25

Threats, Raids and Potlucks

What it’s like to be queer in Nigeria.

Franziska Exeler 2/18/25 Franziska Exeler 2/18/25

‘No Entry’

A road trip to southern Belarus reveals the hidden impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Emily Wither 2/13/25 Emily Wither 2/13/25

Faulty Construction

Who’s to blame for Turkey’s destructive earthquakes?

Jhumpa Lahiri 2/11/25 Jhumpa Lahiri 2/11/25

Bone Into Stone

On translating Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

Mireille Juchau 2/4/25 Mireille Juchau 2/4/25

‘Anya, Wake Up! They Started a War!’

Recording Ukrainian dreams in wartime.

Youssef Rakha 2/4/25 Youssef Rakha 2/4/25

The Dissenters

“I plan to ask Mouna about it, but in the sound and the fury of her dying, I forget.”

Tan Lin (Tr. Aiden Heung) 2/4/25 Tan Lin (Tr. Aiden Heung) 2/4/25

Response to a Friend

“The world happens, as illusive as dreams.”

The Dial 2/4/25 The Dial 2/4/25

Editors’ Note

Issue 25: Ghosts

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