Vincent van Gogh, Corridor in the Asylum, 1889. Open access courtesy of The Met Museum.
he is as plain and severe as his task
From Issue 10, three poems by Najlaa Eltom, translated from Arabic by Mayada Ibrahim
Sofía Ortiz, Sirenas, 2020.
untying this knot
From Issue 10, a poem by Atefeh Chaharmahalian, translated from Persian by Lida Nosrati
Santō Kyōden, from Kengu irigomi sentō shinwa (Wisdom and Folly Mixed in New Tales of the Bathhouse), 1802. Courtesy of the National Diet Library.
Public Baths and Public Cafeterias
An essay by Tatsushi Fujihara, translated from Japanese by Sam Bett
Sofía Ortiz, Para Victoria, 2020.
night colors coiled even tighter
A poem by Shin Youngbae, translated from Korean by Eunice Lee