
Wasafiri 115
Wasafiri 115 is our most classic Wasafiri issue yet, with articles on Han Kang and 'diasporic dysphoria', interviews with Claudia Piñeiro, Witi Ihimaera, and artist Poulomi Basu, plus a wide range of poetry, fiction, life writing, and reviews.
Wasafiri 115, our autumn general issue, comprises work from across cultures, nations, and languages, in fact from every inhabited continent; we dip into genres we haven't often published before, like detective fiction and crime writing, with reviews specially showcasing voices from South Asia and its diaspora.
With further articles on Han Kang and 'diasporic dysphoria', interviews with Claudia Piñeiro, Witi Ihimaera and artist Poulomi Basu, plus a wide range of poetry, fiction, and life writing, this makes for our most classic Wasafiri issue yet.
Contents
Editorial
Good Old New Ways
Emily Mercer
Articles
Diasporic Dysphoria: Decoding Affective Detachment in Disgrace and Severance
Julia Desirée Merican
Photography, Poetry, and Polyphony: Postmemory of the Gwangju Massacre in Han Kang's Human Acts
Heewon Chung
Class-Caste Politics, Hierarchy, and Hindutva in Indian Cinema and Protest Theatre
Titaś Biswas and Abhilash Bannerjee
Life Writing
this, this, & this
Georgie Codd
Interviews
Death, Religion, and Motherhood: An Interview with Claudia Piñeiro
Silvia Rothlisberger
Toward Our Ancient Futures: An Interview with Witi Ihimaera
Anna Knox
Art
Eruptions: Poulomi Basu and the Art of Renewal
Liz Hingley
Fiction
Turkish Coffee
Andrea Tompa, trans. from the Hungarian by Jozefina Komporaly
What We Carried
Lishani Ramanayake
Giant Flamingo Great for Pool Float
Laura Lynes
Moksha
Jason Shan Deelchand
Poetry
Imprint: Sonnet; Velvet; Lone
Fatima Jafar
In Place of a Personal Statement
Yusra Amjad
Faith; Night-time at the Aquarium
Kathryn Bevis
Conversations with my Grandmother
Duncan Wu
before the anointing
Rupam Baoni
Review Essay
Spinning Stories: India, Diaspora, and the Internet Novel
I'm A Fan – Sheena Patel
Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors – Aravind Jayan
The Immortal King Rao – Vauhini Vara
Saba Ahmed
Reviews
The Book of Desire – Tiruvalluvar, trans. by Meena Kandasamy
Pyre – Perumal Murugan, trans. by Aniruddhan Vasudevan
Shash Trevett
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida – Shehan Karunatilaka
A N Phiroze
The Paradise of Food – Khalid Jawed, trans. by Baran Farooqi
Sana R Choudhry
We Move – Gurnaik Johal
Chrysalis – Anuja Varghese
Pardeep Toor
The Illuminated – Anindita Ghose
Gurnaik Johal
Another Way to Split Water – Alycia Pirmohamed
Monument – Manahil Bandukwala
Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal
Everything the Light Touches – Janice Pariat
Nayantara Srinivasan
Mister, Mister – Guy Gunaratne
Rahul Raina