Kategorie: Lit-Mag #40

International Literary Magazine – Expatriations

Louis Armand

Lit-Mag #40 – Expatriations:  The expat edition Four Poems Goethe in Venice Strange the things that happen out of the blue. A roof-tile plunging, its graceless ricochet. Why strange? talk fills the arcades vying with abstraction for a vacant place. the lido at midday, vaporettos, rubbish piled on the shore. Sleep comes garlanded in sedatives,… Louis Armand weiterlesen

Matvei Yankelevich

Lit-Mag #40 – Expatriations:  The expat edition Two Poems excerpt from “After Time” (a work in process) The shrine is simple: a few photographs, some personal effects. Who was the deceased – no one really knows. Was love returned by him to those that felt it due, or wasted on the few who wouldn’t know,… Matvei Yankelevich weiterlesen

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Marcus Slease

Lit-Mag #40 – Expatriations:  The expat edition Two Poems Milk Bar (Elblag, Poland August 9th 2009) plump ladies are sweating into my gulasz ’ello ’ello spiegel in spiegel history is just a big H my house is not on the rocks my little dog eats me chop up the momentary this is the tender the… Marcus Slease weiterlesen

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Anne Elizabeth Moore

Lit-Mag #40 – Expatriations:  The expat edition Toward an Understanding of the Expat Patriotism For several years, I have carried around business cards emblazoned with a cheery but imposing American flag under which is written the job title: patriot. I started carrying them because the rate at which I was being stopped and questioned by… Anne Elizabeth Moore weiterlesen

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David Miller

Lit-Mag #40 – Expatriations:  The expat edition Spiritual Letters (Series 5, #5) Late one night, he began wandering unfamiliar back streets: and continued on and on, travelling enormous distances, even crossing oceans; though he only ever remembered walking. Far distant family and old friends met him on his way. Suddenly, a flock of ducks flew… David Miller weiterlesen

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Jaki McCarrick

Lit-Mag #40 – Expatriations:  The expat edition Three Poems The Ghost Ship after Dorothy Cross the lights of the city surround the ship coming to Dun Laoghaire it has passed the eye I am nearly eight I feel her joy in coming home it is after midnight we pull into harbour the ship sounds a… Jaki McCarrick weiterlesen

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Shelby Matthews

Lit-Mag #40 – Expatriations:  The expat edition Border Dispute (Ceci n’est pas Là-Bas) synaptic doxology mysterial bunker butts bends pellets & pith licked till security bonds Beggendorf Bommershoven invisible radiance odd tree   and a very sky eye above all chicory tips stalk swerves hook spit spat vomit & shit cobbled hellslope to swill town… Shelby Matthews weiterlesen

Kent MacCarter

Lit-Mag #40 – Expatriations:  The expat edition The Burmese Option In my best dream I have crossed the border and my coins are wrong. Without the tongue I gesture, sweat and wake aboard this boat— Richard Hugo, The Anacortes-Sydney Run Unloading New Zealand served itself for breakfast, although not rudely so. The freight ship I… Kent MacCarter weiterlesen

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Helen Lambert

Lit-Mag #40 – Expatriations:  The expat edition Literatures of Multiplicity This issue of GANGAN Lit-Mag is devoted to the question of ‘expatriations’ – for whatever we might think about expats or the process of expatriation, it is a term that defies being reduced to the singular. Indeed, as the contributors to this edition show, expatriation… Helen Lambert weiterlesen