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Books. Author photo by Jack Llewellyn-Karski.
The Physics of Sorrow
by Georgi Gospodinov, translated from
Bulgarian by Angela Rodel, is published by Open Letter Books,
excerpted with permission. Author photo by D. Stoilpva.
Oblivionby Sergei Lebedev, translated from Russian by
Antonina W. Bouis, is forthcoming from New Vessel Press,
excerpted with permission.
The short story “Astragal” by Catherine McNamara is used with
permission of the author.
The novel
Auricula
© 2001 by Per Højholt, by agreement with
Gyldendal Group Agency is excerpted and translated from
Danish by Kerri Pierce, printed with permission.
Poems by Vasyl Lozynsky translated from Ukrainian by Ostap Kin
and Ali Kinsella, used with permission.
The carpet image, “Oiling” (cover) appear courtesy of Faig Ahmed
Studio.
Many thanks to Clayton McKee, who assisted with this issue’s
European-Arab focus, to Nandita Dhindsa (Sioveh Illustration)
for her superb illustrations and layout design, and to the
Pennsylvania State University for facilities and support.