“Three paper rosebuds/ strung on an unbreakable thread…”
Poem of the Week (5 April) by Alice Rahon, translated by Anna Kisby.
“I walk around, circling the demi-gods / From previous lives, when syllables would sing / The passions of my youth…” Weekend poem, by Michael C. Blumenthal.
“Salomonsen felt like saying: “I’m only forty-three years old, dammit! I’m not an old man!” But he remembered immediately that he was going to die soon and that it wasn’t particularly a sign of youthfulness.” Story of the Week (December 31), by Sébastien Doubinsky. Translated from French by the author.
“…they turned the barrel towards us/ but I didn’t see it, I was busy pulling that boy down, underneath/ my guard…” Poem of the Week (December 2), by Deonte Osayande