when god closes one eye By Maryna Smahina on November 18, 2018 when god closes one eyehe opens the otherand high in the mountainsthe sun starts arisingblinking – he’s smilinghearing our prayersnever respondingnever betrayingcloser to blue skieswe have no coverstanding before himsilent and solemn BIO Latest Posts BIO Maryna Smahina I am a young Ukrainian …

When a Writer is Born By Gayaneh Vardanyan on November 14, 2018 Asli was 5 years old. Kars was snowing heavily.Asli looked out of the window. Kars was frozen.Asli heard a woman scream. She opened the window.“A woman is raped,” she thought.“A woman is raped?” she questioned.“A woman is raped!” she believed herself.Asli was 5.That …

What? When? Where? Why? By Daria Piskozub on November 14, 2018   The words ticked in Ewan’s mind. Every single one was like a beat to which his mind resonated with a wave of possible explanations. What? A home genocide, political statement, diversion from something else? Where? Ewan’s intuition told him the murder did not …

What makes a thing art? By Halil Akgündüz on November 17, 2018 First, The piece has to resonate with people in order to become alive.   You’re sharing a picture of two chairs dumped on the side of the trash. It represents something to you. Maybe the two people you have lost that year. But …

What is Literature? By Kübra Arar on November 13, 2018 We want to be a good writer. Then let’s look at what literature is. When I decided to study literature, I had the same question in my mind. Why was literature or literature for me? I was looking for objective answer. Objectivity was more satisfying …

What I’m Afraid To Write+Immigrating into serious writing By Marta Urushadze on November 15, 2018 My days in the camp were like a slow song. They were nice. I’m sitting at a table in my cottage N11. Listening to Mitski – Two Slow Dancers. Everything makes more sense from a distance. So I need to …