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Excerpts

Dr. B.

Daniel Birnbaum, Translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner


Avalon

Nell Zink


Sleepwalk

Dan Chaon


An Island

Karen Jennings


Asylum

Nina Shope


Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance

Alison Espach


“Baptism”

Gabriela Alemán, Translated by Mary Ellen Fieweger


We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

Tsering Yangzom Lama


Rivers of the Unspoilt World

David Constantine


“Allegory: A Parable”

Frederic Tuten


Mister N

Najwa Barakat, Translated by Luke Leafgren


Bitter Orange Tree

Jokha Alharthi, Translated by Marilyn Booth


Time Shelter

Georgi Gospodinov, Translated by Angela Rodel


“Curses”

Eyad Barghuthy, Translated by Nashwa Gowanlock


Heritage

Miguel Bonnefoy, Translated by Emily Boyce


All the Lovers in the Night

Mieko Kawakami, Translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd


Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance

John Waters


Little Rabbit

Alyssa Songsiridej


All the Secrets of the World

Steve Almond


“Why My Hair Is Long”

Paige Clark


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