Winter 2023
AUTONOMY
ALCHEMY – journal of translation
Issue 21 – Winter 2023
Cover by Maria Titan
Letter from the Editor by Reem Hazboun Taşyakan
POETRY
Luna Sicat Cleto
Two Poems
Translated, from the Tagalog, by Vyxz Vasquez
With artwork by Leslie Espino
Ema Saikō & Wu Zao
Two Poems
Translated, from the Japanese & Chinese, by Benjamin Landauer
With artwork by Martyna Benedyka
Maziar Karim
Freedom
Autotranslation between Persian & English
With artwork by Mariaceleste Arena
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Panther
Translated, from the German, by Alex Buckman
With artwork by Richard Vyse
Marc Petrie
After Barbara
An anthropocene translation inspired by Jacques Prévert’s “Barbara”
With artwork by John Woodcock
Artem Kamardin
“Kill me, militiaman!”
Translated, from the Russian, by Neon Mashurov
PROSE
Nafissatou Dia Diouf
Quicksand
Until Love Do Us Part
Both translated, from the French, by McCalee Cain