Winter 2026
PERCEPTION
ALCHEMY - journal of translation
Issue 26 – Winter 2026
Cover by Ana Villalpando (A visual translation of Nilufar Karimi’s words)
Letter from the Editor by Kimaya Kulkarni
TEXTUAL
Paloma Chen
Nihao
Translated from the Spanish by Julia Conner
Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo
Blocks
Translated, from the Filipino, by Tilde Acuña
Eduardo Talero
Matinal
Translated, from the Spanish, by Tomás Mesples
Krysta Lee Frost
Kápit na Di-mawaglít (Mga Pilîng Tulâ) / Attachment Theory (Selected Poems)
Translated, from the English into Filipino, by Natalie Pacannuayan
Alejandra Pizarnik
Ways of the Mirror
Translated, from the Spanish, by Max Schiewe-Weliky
Jitka Bret Srbová
When that fog lifts, it’ll become clear
Translated, from the Czech, by Stephan Delbos
VISUAL
Nilufar Karimi
¿qué agua nos retiene la respiración? what water holds our breath?
A visual translation by Ana Villalpando