July 2012

Lamia Ziadé, translation & introduction by Olivia Snaije
Bye Bye Babylon (Beirut 1975-79)
July 24, 2012
It is difficult to categorize Lamia Ziadé’s graphic novel, Bye Bye Babylon , about growing up during the civil war in Lebanon, as such. It...
Bhakti Shringarpure
Rage Against the Monuments
July 20, 2012
The deliberate destruction of monuments is an act as age-old as man’s ability to build those very monuments. The past decade and a half has...
Ts’eliso Monaheng
A Persistent Void
July 16, 2012
"I do remember some happy moments, yes, but there was always a gaping hole that could not be filled. Sometimes I am attacked by a profound...
Michael Busch
The Future of Mexico
July 10, 2012
Amidst ongoing controversy surrounding the results of last Sunday’s presidential election in Mexico, the declared winner of the contest,...
Rachael Johnson
Reflections of a Dissident
July 5, 2012
The Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo has inhabited many roles throughout his life. He has been a poet, essayist, academic, public intellectual and...
Michael Vincent Manalo
The Lost Ones
July 2, 2012
Michael Vincent Manalo is a self-taught digital mixed media artist, a photographer, photo-manipulator and a musician from the Philippines...
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