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[email protected]. Copyright © 2012 Words without Borders, Inc. Words without Borders, Inc. Executive Director Joshua Mandelbaum Web Developer Bud Parr Words without Borders, Inc., is a nonprofit tax-exempt corporation organized for literary and educational purposes, publicly supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, foundations, corporations, and individuals. Donations to Words without Borders are charitable contributions December 2012: (Non-Scandinavian) Crime The Killer’s Monologue Belle False Faces: An Imagined Life of the Wig Gang The Shades who Periscope Through Flowers to the Sky from “Butterfly Skin” Confession Defiled Woman from “Horses of God” from “Nanga” from “You Don’t Know: A Mafia Dictionary” New Writing from South Korea Marilyn Monroe and Lady Gaga’s Korea, and Korean Literature Beauty The Chef’s Nail “Is That So, I’m a Giraffe” My Arithmetic The Train Is Now Arriving A Nearby Roof Is That So? I’m A Girafe Book Reviews The Canvas Contributors Book Reviews Translators December 2012: (Non-Scandinavian) Crime Image: Q. Sakamaki, "A policeman stands in front of a bus set fire. ." Rio, Brazil, May 24 2007. We're wrapping up the year with a look at crime, non-Scandinavian style.