
Title | : | The Common No. 15 |
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ISBN | : | - |
Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
Number of Pages | : | 298 |
Publication | : | Published April 30, 2018 |
An essay on Egyptian and Bedouin identities, poetry from around the world, images by acclaimed artist Martha Rosler, a special portfolio of Arabic stories and artwork from Jordan, and more.
Contents
Fiction
“From Husband Number Four” by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (translated by Nathaniel Gallant)
“Forty-Four Thousand Pounds” by Emma Copley Eisenberg
“Fascinations” by Philip Brunst
“The Haiku Master” by Marilyn Sides
“Hydroambulante” by Kate Berson
Arabic Stories from Jordan
“The Bus” by Mahmoud al-Rimawi (translated by Elisabeth Jaquette)
“The Slaves” by Ghalib Halasa (translated by Thoraya El-Rayyes)
“Guests with a Heavy Presence” by Ja’far al-Oquaili (translated by Alice Guthrie)
“The Village Idiot” by Majidah al-Outoum (translated by Alice Guthrie)
“It Happens” by Jamila Amaireh (translated by Thoraya El-Rayyes)
“Operating Manual” by Fairooz Tamimi (translated by Thoraya El-Rayyes)
“A Man I Don’t Know” by Elias Farkouh (translated by Maia Tabet)
“Propositions” by Haifa’ Abul-Nadi (translated by Elisabeth Jaquette)
“After Creation, Before the Fall” by Mufleh al-Odwan (translated by Alice Guthrie)
Essays
“Arabs on the Beach in Alexandria” by Noor Naga
“The Shed” by Liz Arnold
“On Blood and Water” by Laura Maher
Poetry
“Before I Meet My Love, I Met My Love” by Aran Donovan
“Scarpia (Aside)” by Ricardo Pau-Llosa
“Un Clou Chasse L’Autre” by Catherine Pond
“We Two Women Can Father a Child” by Linda Ashok
“Tree House” by Nick Miriello
“January’s Child” by Randolph Thomas
“Wholesale” by Maceo J. Whitaker
“Besmellah” by Sara Elkamel
“Totem” by Jane Satterfield
“From When Rap Spoke Straight to God” by Erica Dawson
“Wetland” by Moriel Rothman-Zecher
“Fog Trench” by Diane Mehta
“Bobber” by Richard Hoffman
“In New Cities We Run into No One” by Rosebud Ben-Oni
“Johnny” by John Allen Taylor
“Sticking Around the Karate Tournament to Watch the Teenage Black Belt Boys Fight” by Marlin M. Jenkins
“A Complicated Letter to Sándor Ferenczi” by Jessica Lanay
“Stella’s Children Look Out from a Photo Faded Gold” by Ned Balbo
“Passages” by Teow Lim Goh
“Coronation” by Gary J. Whitehead
Art
“Home Invasion” by Martha Rosler Introduction by Darsie Alexander
“From the Jane Doe Series” by Alaa Tawalbeh
“From the Room 11 Series” by Rafik Mazjoub
Contents
Fiction
“From Husband Number Four” by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (translated by Nathaniel Gallant)
“Forty-Four Thousand Pounds” by Emma Copley Eisenberg
“Fascinations” by Philip Brunst
“The Haiku Master” by Marilyn Sides
“Hydroambulante” by Kate Berson
Arabic Stories from Jordan
“The Bus” by Mahmoud al-Rimawi (translated by Elisabeth Jaquette)
“The Slaves” by Ghalib Halasa (translated by Thoraya El-Rayyes)
“Guests with a Heavy Presence” by Ja’far al-Oquaili (translated by Alice Guthrie)
“The Village Idiot” by Majidah al-Outoum (translated by Alice Guthrie)
“It Happens” by Jamila Amaireh (translated by Thoraya El-Rayyes)
“Operating Manual” by Fairooz Tamimi (translated by Thoraya El-Rayyes)
“A Man I Don’t Know” by Elias Farkouh (translated by Maia Tabet)
“Propositions” by Haifa’ Abul-Nadi (translated by Elisabeth Jaquette)
“After Creation, Before the Fall” by Mufleh al-Odwan (translated by Alice Guthrie)
Essays
“Arabs on the Beach in Alexandria” by Noor Naga
“The Shed” by Liz Arnold
“On Blood and Water” by Laura Maher
Poetry
“Before I Meet My Love, I Met My Love” by Aran Donovan
“Scarpia (Aside)” by Ricardo Pau-Llosa
“Un Clou Chasse L’Autre” by Catherine Pond
“We Two Women Can Father a Child” by Linda Ashok
“Tree House” by Nick Miriello
“January’s Child” by Randolph Thomas
“Wholesale” by Maceo J. Whitaker
“Besmellah” by Sara Elkamel
“Totem” by Jane Satterfield
“From When Rap Spoke Straight to God” by Erica Dawson
“Wetland” by Moriel Rothman-Zecher
“Fog Trench” by Diane Mehta
“Bobber” by Richard Hoffman
“In New Cities We Run into No One” by Rosebud Ben-Oni
“Johnny” by John Allen Taylor
“Sticking Around the Karate Tournament to Watch the Teenage Black Belt Boys Fight” by Marlin M. Jenkins
“A Complicated Letter to Sándor Ferenczi” by Jessica Lanay
“Stella’s Children Look Out from a Photo Faded Gold” by Ned Balbo
“Passages” by Teow Lim Goh
“Coronation” by Gary J. Whitehead
Art
“Home Invasion” by Martha Rosler Introduction by Darsie Alexander
“From the Jane Doe Series” by Alaa Tawalbeh
“From the Room 11 Series” by Rafik Mazjoub