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Vecchia Bambina by Jailan Zayan
Read Jailan Zayan’s work, shortlisted for the 2022 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Life Writing category.
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Vecchia Bambina by Jailan Zayan
Read Jailan Zayan’s work, shortlisted for the 2022 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Life Writing category.
Milos As A Symbol (I Could Love You If I Were Somebody Different), Or: Dating With Dissociative Identity by Jessie Berry-Porter
Read Jessie Berry-Porter’s work, shortlisted for the 2022 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Life Writing category.
Wasafiri Wonders: Rachel Bolle-Debessay
In the newest instalment of Wasafiri Wonders, we speak with the winner of the 2022 Wasafiri Essay Prize, Rachel Bolle-Debessay, about her favourite recent releases, writing habits, and upcoming work.
LATEST ISSUE
Wasafiri 113 remembers author and professor Sara Suleri with touching tributes from Kamila Shamsie, Amina Yaqin, and others. Also featured in the issue are the winners of the 2022 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize and the 2022 Essay Prize, interviews with Lorna Goodison, Cristina Rivera Garza, and Sarah Booker, plus our usual range of fiction, life writing, poetry, and reviews.
Editorial The Sense of an Ending
Interviews Lorna Goodison; Cristin Rivera Garza and Sarah Booker
Articles Dub Poetry and Theatre in Conversation: The Development of a Performance-Driven Aesthetic; Literary Prize Cultures: A Fairer Future?
Art The Remains of the Day: Re-tracing Archival Art Through Dayanita Singh and Ali Kazim
Fiction Sylee Gore
Poetry Hasti; Shereen Akhtar; Hannah Roche; Shahilla Shariff
Life Writing Rebecca Tamás; Nadine Monem; Claudia Trifia
Review Essay: 'An Act of Politicised Attention': War and the Writer-Witness
Reviews Preti Taneja, Aftermath; Qudsia Akhtar, Khamoshi; Paul Madden, Queering the Green: Post-2000 Queer Irish Poetry
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LATEST NEWS
Autofiction Workshop in Cardiff — Durre Shahwar
Wasafiri is excited to announce that Writer-in-Residence Durre Shahwar’s final workshop, Autofiction: Bearing Witness, will take place live in Cardiff, Wales on 15 April 2023. Book your ticket now.
Internship Opportunity: Chase Wasafiri Editorial Placement
An opportunity is available for a PhD student based at a CHASE-affiliated institution to join Wasafiri on an editorial placement. Application deadline: Midnight, 19 March 2023.
Announcing the 2022 Wasafiri Essay Prize Winner
Wasafiri is excited to announce that the 2022 Wasafiri Essay Prize has been awarded to Rachel Bolle-Debessay for her essay, ‘Dub Poetry and Theatre in Conversation: The Development of a Performance-Driven Aesthetic’. The 2023 Essay Prize is open until 31 May 2023.