WLT Book Reviews | May 2015

FICTION

VERSE

MISCELLANEOUS

NOTA BENES

Nota Benes

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Editor’s Note

New Hebrew Writing

INTRO: “Prose, Poetry, and the Heresy of Normalcy: New Voices in Contemporary Hebrew Literature,” by Jessica Cohen, Adriana X. Jacobs, and Adam Rovner
READING LIST: “For Further Reading: A Booklist of Contemporary Hebrew Writing,” by Jessica Cohen, Adriana X. Jacobs, and Adam Rovner
CREATIVE NONFICTION: “Alas, Baghdad Sits Solitary,” by Almog Behar
CREATIVE NONFICTION: “Rock, Paper,” by Tomer Gardi
FICTION: “To Jaffa,” by Ayman Sikseck
POETRY: Four Poems by Mei-Tal Nadler
INTERVIEW: “Helping Young Writers Find Their Voice: A Conversation with Dory Manor,” by Adriana X. Jacobs
WEB EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “The Sounds of Memory in Writing: A Conversation with Ronit Matalon,” by Dinah Assouline Stillman
FICTION: “Nine Fictions,” by Daniel Oz
FICTION: “Screw You, Zamenhof,” by Yiftach Ashkenazi
FICTION: “Book Week,” by Raveh Sagie
POETRY: Four Poems, by Yaakov Biton
POETRY: Three Poems, by Tahel Frosh
POETRY: Five Poems, by Saar Yachin
FICTION: “Mosquito,” by Roy Chen
FICTION: “Master of the Short Story (an excerpt),” by Maya Arad
FICTION: “Readers’ Reports,” by Yael Neeman
WEB EXCLUSIVE POETRY: Two Poems, by Tahel Frosh

ESSAYS

Aesthetics of Dystopia: Blindness from Novel to Film, by Carolina Rueda
WEB EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: “Comics, War, and Ordinary Miracles,” by Adnan Mahmutović & Lucy Durneen
“The Showa Masterwork of Manga Pioneer Shigeru Mizuki,” by Deji Bryce Olukotun

FICTION

WEB EXCLUSIVE “Curtains (an excerpt),” by Saikat Majumdar
“The End of the Game,” by Xie Hong
WEB EXCLUSIVE “Gaspers”  by Yevgeny Lukin

INTERVIEWS

“The Secret History of Female Muslim Empowerment: A Conversation with Kenizé Mourad,” by Jacob Daniels
“The Punished Body: An Interview with Pedro Lemebel,” by John Better