thanks Kirsten.

loved this.

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A few months ago, my India-set story “Hymn to Sri Devi” appeared in Catamaran. When I first shared it, I hadn’t realized they’d made the full text available as well. Now they have — so here are the pages (link to pdf in first comment). 1/2

Thanks !

there were a couple of cruise liners stranded at the port in Doha, Qatar - they may be heading pack with permission to their original docks.

that's so funny. (forgive me).

Really liked this, Elena.

read Pond and really loved it.

Huge congratulations to William Pei Shih @williampeishih.bsky.social (and also the Los Angeles Review) for winning an O. Henry Prize this year. Can’t wait to read the story.

Riham’s Substack | Substack My personal Substack. Click to read Riham’s Substack, a Substack publication. Launched 2 days ago.

I promised Riham Adly I would share her new substack profile on my vast social media empire. Riham is a prize-winning writer based in Egypt; she’s written over 60 stories in journals such as @litromagazine.bsky.social , the Citron Review, Lost Balloon and Bending Genres. rihamadly.substack.com

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Three years ago I visited Nepal and, with perfect timing, arrived in the middle of a general strike. Kathmandu felt like a quieter India: street-corner temples, peaceful shrine-filled squares, silent rooftop cafés. I spent a week wandering, taking photos, here are some of them. 1/2

yes, definitely. the whole claustrophobic vibe of the piece is magnificent. i'm sure King was flattered by the film, too...

Questo e veramente cio che e scritto - magari potessi 'like' mille volte.

It feels weird at the moment, sharing things you’ve written in times of war. But anyway, for whatever it’s worth, here is something of mine that’s just come out in the journal Pictura @pictura.bsky.social - it's called "Simulation".
picturajournal.com/issue-six/ar...

yes, you're right, it doesn't sound very Armenian , i think it might have been a pen name

I’ve been reading Armenian short stories: a huge 20th-century volume, carefully written, meticulously translated, barely known. This Minas Cheraz story is a dark tale of genocide survival, in which an Armenian woman takes revenge. Astonishing how much of the world’s literature remains untapped.

Thanks. I have friends who teach at Dhofar University in Salalah. I'd always wanted to go to Oman. Yemen's way too dangerous, but Oman is (or at least was, up to a month ago) a tourist hotspot and relatively safe.

It's near a place called Salalah.

Because of the conflict in Yemen, there's zero development there. Gorgeous coastline, untouched. Sapphire blue sea.

Six weeks ago I drove through Oman to the Yemen border: ancient history, blue sea, mountains. Two weeks later, US/Israeli strikes hit the region—the town I visited was bombed, the airport I changed at struck by drones. I looked toward “war-torn” Yemen, never expecting war behind me.

The poster is out of control!

Wish I was surprised

Archive fetishism!

Delighted to share two pieces of mine that came out in LitMagazine this week – “Pacifier”and “Museum Trips”. Thanks to the editors for accepting them – thanks also to Adam Prince and Janet Steen @janetsteen.bsky.social for helping me filter the good from the meh. www.litmagazine.org/pacifier-and...

that sounds hilarious.

Quiet by Cristi Donoso   There is a man, I say to myself, because I’ve taken myself out to lunch, two tables over, who will not let his son speak. This restaurant is the loud sort where anyone can h…

Really liked this piece by Cristi Donoso in @thecitronreview.bsky.social. Love the very quiet way the narrator picks up all the details of the family arguing on the table next to them. (thanks to @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social for sharing it). citronreview.com/2023/06/30/q...

Loved this.