Genre: Special Feature

This excerpt comes from the first part of a trilogy titled Motherland by Zordun Sabir (1937–1998), published posthumously in 2000. One of the best-known and most widely read Uyghur novels, […]

The  mingbeg* official’s residence had lavish gates, a garden bursting with grape vines, and an airy, light-filled house. Ornate and well-oiled lampstands hung on wide pillars. To the left of […]

Unknown lapping. Unknown playing with beach balls by the pool. Unknown swinging a hula-hoop. Unknown Marco! Unknown spread like an angel on the grass. Unknown eating corn dogs. Unknown drinking […]

Why am I always a needle scratching the record in every direction?                            —Olga Mexina    is for […]

“We’ve been walking for a long time through a dark tunnel. We do not remember the beginning. Our horses remember color. What breached the opacity was our goat hearts. It […]

the relation of time to matter as the pile of ash swept in a gutter   when a board was siding, was a closet, was a touchstone to those living […]

My Daddy dies and I immediately launch a cake into the firmament, but not before taking a big bite. The person filming Daddy’s funeral flips their phone sideways and jokes […]

On the day my father told us he was selling the Nest, I decided to clone him. I spent twenty minutes waiting for a customer service representative, jangling my foot […]

Before the amputation, the doctors warned me. My memory might recall my absent limb after the surgery, and I might experience these recollections as physical sensations. I pressed for more […]