by Christine Garibian | Aug 2, 2023 | Essay
“Clouds are not spheres, Mountains are not cones, Coastlines are not circles, And bark is not smooth, Nor does lightning travel in a straight line.” ― Benoît B. Mandelbrot Reality is far less smooth than we’d like to believe. In our quest to represent complex...
by Arpi Movsesian | Aug 2, 2023 | Poetry
Yeghishe Charents, “Erotic Song” (1936) Translation by Arpi Movsesian You’re in cowboy clothes, You are standing straight, And below your waist Is the way that leads To a heaven pure, Tender and blessed. O, give it to me from behind, Cowboy—beautiful. I would...
by Christopher Atamian, Ara Oshagn | Aug 2, 2023 | Essay
That place. A liminal space. A mythic place. A space which links present to imagined past and propels you into an unfathomable future. The great cities of Cilicia are all here: Adiyaman, Mardin, Marash, Adana, Sis. Millennial castles rise straight out of clear water...