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Speculative Fiction THE CRAFT OF BILINGUAL WRITERS | REMEMBERING CLARIBEL ALEGRÍA | GOOD VS. EVIL IN CRIME FICTION World LiteratureYour passportToday to great reading Speculative5 Writers Who Dwell in PossibilityFiction PIERRETTE FLEUTIAUX | RODRIGO FRESÁN | ANGÉLICA GORODISCHER ALEKSEY LUKYANOV | ANNE RICHTER CREATIVE NONFICTION Alberto Chimal’s periodic table of books REVIEWS OF BOOKS BY Carmen Boullosa Mia Couto Dunya Mikhail & more Distributed by the University of Chicago Press New from HAUS PUBLISHING www.press.uchicago.edu From Midnight to Glorious Morning? Life is Good Yiza India Since Independence Alex Capus Michael Köhlmeier Mihir Bose Translated by John Brownjohn Translated by Ruth Martin Mihir Bose traveled the length and breadth of India This new novel by Alex Capus is a hymn to trust, “Simultaneously bleak and hopeful, Yiza traverses to explore how a country that many doubted would friendship, and life’s small pleasures. Told with the expansive landscape of human suffering as seen survive its birth has been transformed into an eco- his trademark humor, Life is Good is about finding through the eyes of displaced migrant children.” nomic force to be reckoned with. This is a nuanced, contentment in rootedness as the world speeds up. —Foreword Reviews personal, and trenchant book. Paper $19.95 Paper $15.95 Paper $24.95 MAY – JUNE 2018 Contents COVER FEATURE 42 Speculative Fiction 43 The House by Pierrette Fleutiaux 15 35 45 Poetry by Nii Ayikwei Parkes on The Tenants Mahtem Shiferraw “The Power of Normal” by Anne Richter 51 Crime & Mystery Tribute A Perfect Wife by Angélica Gorodischer 12 40 Antagonists and Master Criminals In Memoriam Claribel Alegría: 54 by J. Madison Davis Amor sin fin Annus Mirabilis (Anus Horribilis) by George Evans & Daisy Zamora by Aleksey Lukyanov Poetry Q&A 58 15 Ancient History Six Poems 20 by Rodrigo Fresán by Mahtem Shiferraw A Conversation with Masatsugu Ono by Reid Bartholomew 18 Editors’ Picks: Three Poems Creative Nonfiction Summer Reads by Juan Bello Sánchez 24 9 Michelle Johnson 26 A Periodic Table of Books 19 Rob Vollmar A Dedication Poem by Alberto Chimal 37 Daniel Simon by Mohamed Metwalli Essays 28 Two Poems 30 ABOUT by Lamia Makaddem Inside the Bilingual Writer THE COVER by Erik Gleibermann Illustration by Gediminas 38 Pranckevičius, The Mandala 35 an illustrator by Claribel Alegría Exploring the Notion working and of Story Structure living in Vilnius, by Nii Ayikwei Parkes Lithuania In Every Issue | 3 Editor’s Note | 5 Notebook | 62 World Literature in Review | 96 Outpost What’s on worldlit.org Visit our website for exclusive content including original audio recordings, photo galleries, blog posts, and more. digital enhancements online extras ON THE WLT BLOG Showcasing Poems That Present the Palestinian Narrative: A WEB PHOTO EXCLUSIVE GALLERY Conversation with Naomi Foyle by Valentina Viene “Writing poetry is a lifeline, and the poetry I AUDIO VIDEO love the best has a sense of absolute PHOTO: YVO YVO LUNA PHOTO: necessity about it.” 5 favorite literary instas (p. 10) Look for these icons throughout the issue for information about exclusive content found online. digital enhancements digital enhancements Reflecting Iraq to the Outside World: A Conversation with Anoud by Claire Riggs “We change the status quo by communicating with those who challenge us.” PHOTO: UNAMI/SARMAD AL-SAFY PHOTO: Read more at Bilingual audio fiction by Aleksey A Riffle Books listing of all our Lukyanov (p. 54) summer reading recommendations worldlit.org/blog Join the WLT community Get Literary Join us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GoodReads, Pinterest, and on Instagram Flickr to share ideas, view photos, and read book reviews. 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