Queen offers moments of undeniable power
Pandaram is a kick down, kiss up kind of guy
The steppe’s scarred body makes history legible
Despite its often brutal themes, Nerkagi’s prose sings
The Home the Drowned – Elin Anna Labba
Since their words weren’t enough, the people of the village set up a protest camp
Minerva – Keila Vall de la Ville
Vall de la Ville writes about Venezuela’s decline beautifully and honestly, just as she writes about Minerva’s changing identity as an immigrant
The Disappearing Act – Maria Stepanova
Hundreds of eyes are looking at her, seeing not the novelist but some other unknown person
Within each coupledom, clothing represents a tug of war for power
whitewards – Katarína Kucbelová
Who wants to simply disappear, no longer an individual but only an undefined part of some larger, homogenous body?
My Dreadful Body – Egana Djabbarova
For Djabbarova, the body functions as a palimpsest of symbols