by Eliseo Ortiz Eliseo Ortiz is a media artist working in the interstices between Mexico and the United States. Ortiz holds an M.F.A. in Media Arts Production from SUNY-Buffalo and a Ph.D. in Emergent Technologies and Media Arts Practices from …

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Original by Ahmed Abu Hazem  Translated, from the Arabic, by Essam M. Al-Jassim “Oh Allah, drown me in your divine love so that nothing will distract me from you.” Rabi’a al-ʻAdawiyya* Penetrating obscurity consumes the universe. He shatters into infinitesimal …

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Original by Elif Sofya Translated, from the Turkish, by Jeffrey Kahrs and Mete Özel I found a language by scraping my skin a bitter tree grew out of it prepared, steamed, speeding I crushed that language I pulled it and …

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Original by Antonia Pozzi Translated, from the Italian, by Amy Newman Lamp Little lantern, maybe you were inside a child’s tomb near the earthenware toy and the jars holding tiny seeds — or maybe a late-night boatman  carried you to …

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A creative translation of Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”  by Reem Hazboun Taşyakan The waters of the Nile near Aswan were shining and swirling. On this side of the river, there was no shade or palm trees and the …

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