Can an Exhibition Memorialize the 1947 Partition of the Indian Subcontinent?
Arundhati Kalyan reviews ‘Proposals for a Memorial to Partition’ at Dubai’s Jameel Arts Centre, probing the question of whether art, curation, and current conceptions of memorialization can do justice to a tragic historical event of this scale
Two Poems
In "Birthright" and "Atonement with the Father", Scottish poet Sarah Grant roots around in her own history, and forgives the future
Flee
In this rich personal essay, Augusté Nomekaité feels the weight of history on her Lithuanian identity, family, dating life, and her grappling with the horrors of the present: the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Two Poems
Two poems by Kurt Van Ristell use the political and colonial history of tea to reflect on a complicated identity and how it is perceived by others
Treatment
A short film on outdated scoliosis treatment
An Archive of Absences
In this personal essay, Susanne Niemann considers her family history and roots in Germany, and the need to document memory
Go Back, Go Back
A lens-based photo project, “Go Back, Go Back” explores the spatial, historical, and technological ambiguity of memory
The World is a Great and Perfect Animal
“Sometimes I imagine myself as the piece of her womb that made her crazy” – new in fiction, a haunting short story by Samantha Neugebauer written from the perspective of a sea urchin.
Kadalamma speaks to me
A poem borne from the seas of the Gulf Corniche, Kerala, and spirit, by Aathma Nirmala Dious.
Seven forgettings in slow descent (Isles of the Snails, Trinidad)
Gilberte O’Sullivan unpacks Trinidadian island history in this new poem.
The Historical is the Personal — Reflections on Postcolonial Guilt, Mi Koo Buns, and Writing History
In this incredible essay, Tzy Jiun Tan brings together food, personal history, languages, postcolonialism and myths to talk about human narrative.
Drag the Red
Zoe Jane Patterson prods at the misrepresentation of and violence towards Indigenous women in Canada, in this new poem.
The Joy of Jollibee
In this lyrical personal essay, Louise Gerodias reflects on the importance of the Jollibee fast-food chain in her own life and in Filipino culture at large.
Noxchi Eats Galnish
“Garlic, heavy salty bone broth, steaming pasta-like galnish and tender lamb: the way to any Chechen’s heart” – Anita Shishani discusses galnish, a food integral to her memory and heritage.
The Berry Fish Pie
Lillian Snortland weaves memories of her Grandma through a particular dessert dish
TV Dinner
TV Dinner is a modern symbol/icon of the often oppressive constraints of gender roles and life as a housewife in the 1950s.
cambridge, ma
A melancholic love poem set at Harvard.
workshop in an abu dhabi library
A curious, observational poem by Samantha Neugebauer.
A True War Story
Vamika Sinha retells the water buffalo scene from Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story”, from the perspective of another soldier.
"Origins"
“this poem began in the belly of a fish in the south china sea” – Jamie Uy traces her roots and histories in this tumbling prose poem.