If Herodotus is the ‘father of history’ then surely Strabo (c. 60 BC–c. AD 25), describing the physical past and present of his known world, deserves the same status for geography. Sean Sheehan Born more than half a millennium after Herodotus, Strabo documents three continents at a time […]
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A large part of the community remains in the shadows
On May 7, 2022, Ecuadorians voted ‘yes’ in a referendum to reform various aspects of the country’s Constitution. The referendum sparked intense national debate and was regarded by government and public alike as a measure of support for President Rafael Correa’s leadership. (The Prisma memories) Juan Galbete Nearly […]
Giving back what is owed
The translator of the first edition in English of Anna Gréki’s “Algérie, capitale, Alger” quotes some lines from a poem where Gréki speaks of wanting to “reveal a certain movement / a certain rhythm, certain relations / of people to a situation”. Sean Sheehan Born in Algeria, her […]
Nasrin Sotoudeh on poetry, awards, and the refuge of words
The clinking of chains keeps sleep at bay…Thus, resistance turns into poetry—words that sprout from the heart of winter 2018, and, like ivy, climb the prison bars. In this segment, Nasrin Sotoudeh speaks of literature, accolades, and dreams—dreams that no wall could keep confined. Rola Zamzameh* We may […]
Remembering Maria Mercedes and the Casa Silva
Everything collapses … we all collapse. This is what the founder of the Silva Poetry House discovered, on the day that celebrating the hundred year anniversary of an important poet, she ordered a sculpture to be made, in the form of a labyrinth of mirrors. Armando Orozco Tovar […]
















