The Elm Tree (Volume 2)Much of northern China is now under Japanese control. In Beiping, food prices are soaring, the people are going hungry and the streets are teeming with refugees. Chiang Kai sheks Kuomintang army are holding out in central and southwestern China, unable to land a serious blow on the enemy and squandering precious time fighting the Communists. Qi Yuexuan, the sole scion of a distinguished family, has forsworn his life of indolence to lead a small band

only access to foreign anxieties and temptations

finely observed moments

Mackeson and Temazepam

botanical art has focused on the flowers

poems by Maram al-Massri

A selection of his poetry has recently been translated and published in Armenia

All the selections

Known for her acclaimed poetry and translations

Lorde’s luminous writings have inspired a new generation of thinkers and writers charged by the Black Lives Matter movement

the early shaper of Black Studies in the United States

steals food that has been left out for the birds

Shazea Quraishi