The Secret Library
“Just like the body needs food, the soul needs books.” Weekend poem, by Tabitha Hayward.
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Siesta
“There were no apologies, no good-byes, only a calm, rock-hard assurance that she was doing the right thing.” Story of the Week (August 19), by Justin Fenech.
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Keeping a date/Acudiendo a la cita
“The fugitive’s road is always long./ Every place is always too/ close to be the end.” Poem of the Week (August 17), by Felipe BenÃtez Reyes. Translated from Spanish by Anna Rosenwong.
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The Record Keeper
“there is only absence falling into absence/ and there’s also a high window/ and there is always evening prayer…” Weekend poem, by Nathalie Handal.
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The Serial Achiever
“Idleness, exhaustion, contentment—these were things reserved for aging dogs warming their lazy bones in the sun.” Story of the Week (August 12), by Tony Van Witsen.
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Woman
“She comes each morning/ with the sea on her head.// Fresh oysters for sale, fresh oysters!/ She cries like the sunlight…”
By Kang Ūn-gyo, translated from Korean by Kevin O’Rourke.
Spider
“What I throw out to the world/ is a silver thread, that thin line I throw…”
By Kang Ŭn-gyo, translated from Korean by Ann Y. Choi.
Ghost School
“I teach a class to the newly enrolled ghosts…/I make them practice so they won’t be shocked even if they leave no footprints on the
snowfield/ I make them practice falling asleep floating in air/ I teach them such things as how to overcome melancholy inside a coffin…”
By Kim Hyesoon, translated from Korean by Don Mee Choi.
When the Plug Gets Unplugged
“you and I begin to rot in the open. I can’t leave the lights on for you any longer. We can no longer look each other in the face…”
By Kim Hyesoon, translated from Korean by Don Mee Choi.
Fluxfilm No. 4 (Lesbian)
“A writer has his hands deep in his pockets, pulling out his machine guns/ and rifles.”
By Kim Yideum, translated from Korean by Ji Yoon Lee, Don Mee Choi and Johannes Göransson.