My Grandpa’s Chair | Aishah Ahmad Imam
Right from the onset, one could assume I was born into earth because of my grandfather’s chair, our bond—connected as bedbugs are to blood. When it rests, I rest. It…
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June 2022
19 posts
How To Make Silhig Bíkog | Alton Melvar M Dapanas
For Jaine Macalaguing Madrid, maternal grandmother Di ni basta-basta, says Jaine, preaching what might be a venerable art form, wrapped in malong from waist to sole, as she sat on…
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Stillbirth | Ifiokobong Etuk
Sometimes it feels like a flower is dying in your womb. So you clutch your groin as though to prevent A water pot from spilling your child on the rocky…
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shut eyes do not hold back tears | Nwadu Onyebuchi
you were not told that smiles do not soothe a forlorn heart, that shut eyes do not hold back tears sip liquor for the heartache look in the mirror…
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From Tonight, A Woman | Isaiah Adepoju
In the middle of June, Chimagozielam called her therapist, the magician, that she’d been scheduled to have the prophylactic double mastectomy in early July. The magician flew in from Houston…
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Akin | Omobola Osamor
The raindrops hit the glass window pane, pat… pat… pat, echoing the soft rap of her knuckle on my bedroom door. * She never knocked until the day she came…
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Hotel Chatter | Leila Aboulela
Dahlia and Farah sat at a table which overlooked the garden. Their placemats had pictures of zebras and paper napkins in leopard prints. There was no one else in the…
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Traversing Cultures, Languages, and Islamic Spirituality: A Conversation with Leila Aboulela
Leila Aboulela is the author of five novels, Bird Summons, The Translator, a New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year; The Kindness of Enemies, Minaret, and Lyrics Alley,…
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Editorial: Back to the Roots
“Root” is a word that easily spawns tributaries of meanings, leaning towards the literal and figurative. Ancestry, family, and history are just some of the ready synonyms of root. But…
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