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February 2012
Editor’s Letter
Eric Akoto
Short Stories
Judy Darley — “Girls in Windows“
Chika Unigwe — “ ...
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Welcome to the first in Litro‘s World Series of issues in translation: the lekker Dutch issue. Once again, we step into the breach to bring you a ...
You’d chosen our hotel with such care, situated in the Museumplein district far from the scrambling mass of coffee shops and girls in windows. I did my best to hide ...
“So Yaradua goes to Israel on an official trip. He gets sick there and dies. His entourage is told, ‘Well, you’ve got two options. Your president was a Muslim and ...
The first time it got me in its grip was on a Sunday afternoon in the tram. I’d got in at the Koningsplein. About three o’clock. I’d pushed my way ...
Of course it wasn’t just Holland. Granny Oudewater knew better than that. She’d encounter them anywhere. Those sideways glances. The offhand remarks. They’d do it in any country. Probably. Then ...
and this is my poem, come on in
don’t be afraid, ignore the echo
let us begin in emptiness
welcome to my crater of light
once we gathered, you and I, remember
revived ...
Progress
A small group was passing through the street with Bibles in their hands. My father was standing next to me, grinning. He said, “Those people still believe in God.” He ...
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