International Contemporary Writing
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A tender look at one pair’s journey from the Middle East across Europe, with dreams of England. ‘Babes in the Wood’ was shortlisted for the 2018 Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the ‘Poetry’ category.
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A woman returns to her childhood home in Zimbabwe. With the house seemingly frozen in time, she’s prompted to revisit memories of her past. Shortlisted for the 2018 Wasafiri New Writing Prize ‘Life Writing’ category.
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Wasafiri Writer-in-Residence Bidisha explores the way storytelling has developed and changed and what it will look like in the future.
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Set over the 2017 general election, a shopkeeper discovers, with morbid consequences, that she can attract customers by dedicating her window display to the daily news. Shortlisted for the 2018 Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
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Panelists to include guest editors Phillip Y Kim and Krys Lee as well as issue contributor Brother Anthony.
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Wasafiri is seeking to recruit a dynamic Editor and Publishing Director to take over responsibility for the magazine and the leadership of the organisation from Founding Editor and Editor in Chief, Susheila Nasta.
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Wasafiri, The Magazine of International Contemporary Writing is currently offering a part-time editorial and administrative placement opportunity to CHASE students. Wasafiri is the UK’s leading magazine for international contemporary writing. Founded by Susheila Nasta MBE, the first issue was launch…
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LATEST ISSUE
Guest Edited by Phillip Y Kim and Krys Lee
Editorial by Phillip Y Kim & Krys Lee
Interviews with Chang-rae Lee, Jang Jin-sung, Jung Yewon with Jung Young Moon, Sora Kim-Russell with Pyun Hye-Young
Articles Private Life of the Nation, Between Tradition and Modernity, Representing Seoul
Art Heashin Kwak: Division and Diaspora
Fiction by Yun I-hyeong, Jung Jidon, Ha Seong-nan, Ch'ŏn Un-yŏng, Jung Young Moon
Poetry by Pak Jeong-dae, Han Kang, Kim Ki-taek, Song Gyeong-don, Kim Seung-Hee, Kim So-yeon, Sin Yong-Mok
Reviews: Mary Lynn Bracht White Chrysanthemum; Eugenia Kim The Kinship of Secrets; R O Kwon The Incendiaries; Pyun Hye-young City of Ash and Red; Hwang Sok Young Familiar Things; Kim Young-ha I Have the Right to Destroy Myself, Black Flower, Your Republic is Calling You; Han Yujoo The Impossible Fairytale
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