International Contemporary Writing
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Wasafiri interviews Peter Kimani, a Kenyan writer of fiction and poetry, whose most recent novel, Dance of the Jakaranda, is now published in the UK.
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Shortlisted for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2017 in the Life Writing category, ‘Mixed Blessings’ examines dual heritages and mixed race identity.
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Reviewed by Ore Williams Often in Young Adult (YA) novels, both physical and mental health issues can be written in a high-school or teenage-centric universe, full of boyfriend-girlfriend issues, dysfunctional or problem-ridden parent-child relationships, broken homes, and sexual abuse. So it’s refr…
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A sobering look at the effects of domestic violence on the family, The Heavens Also Weep was shortlisted for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2017.
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LATEST ISSUE
Interviews with Karen McCarthy Woolf, Sophie Herxheimer
Essays on refuge, including those by Giles Duley, Margaret Toolan, Rod Edmond, Samantha Hudson, Sophie Mayer, Sian Norris, Suzi Feay, Meike Ziervogel, Lucy Popescu
Fiction by Julia Bell, Selma Dabbagh, Mireille Gansel
Poetry by Bidisha, Hassan Blasim, Olumide Popoola, Lisa Luxx, Saba Vasefi
Reviews: Olumide Popoola & Annie Holmes breach; Kim Schultz Three Days in Damascus: A Memoir; Rana Abdulfattah Tiger and Clay: Syria Fragments; and more...
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Wasafiri is currently offering a part-time editorial and administrative placement opportunity to a CHASE student
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To celebrate the launch of our special issue ‘Refuge’, Wasafiri will be hosting an evening long event at the Tate Modern. In a time of inflammatory headlines and damaging political rhetoric, this issue, guest edited by Bidisha, brings together a powerful roster of writers and artists to counter the populist narrative.
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