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African Breasts: by Nizar Qabbani; Translated by Rana Bitar with Robert Bensen

Last Christmas Can someone tell that pine tree, lying behind the gate over a bed of fading grass and no pillow, —trunk naked, bark...

By Nizar Qabbani | Rana Bitar | Robert Bensen

I Love You to Lift Up the Sky

Isolation’s color bleeds into the hallways of my house to the street of my town, to the plazas and the bridges and the riverbanks and the...

Bread, Hashish, and the Moon

Travelling and Exodus | 2 Published Poems by Rana Bitar| Issue Two

I. Think Of Me Think of me Pull my face from behind the clock’s ticks and tocks. Look —in the blackness of my eyes— for a pillow to rest...

I asked for some sunshine The policeman said, Stand in line, mister I asked for some ink to write my name They said, Stand in line I...

I take thousands of trains and I ride my tragedy I ride the cloud of my cigarette I carry in my only one suitcase the addresses of my...

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Illuminations made its first appearance in Columbia, South Carolina in 1982 under the editorship of Peter MacMillan. The issue featured...

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Daddy’s face was our Central Park We ran on the banks of his mouth We sledded on the hill of his nose We made faces at ourselves in the...

Nine minutes. Long enough for history to unfold before the eyes Long enough to squeeze forgetting out of collective sleepy lungs one...

"We see things. And sometimes we SEE things. And some of us want, or are compelled, to make things we see into words, to pursue what the...

Interested in getting your hands on the 61st issue of The Phoenix? Here's your chance! In lieu of a Launch Party release, copies for our...

Right now, millions of us over the planet are staying behind closed doors in unison, away from our jobs, activities and the people we...

ISSUE 13 copies are from a limited printing and are hand numbered. ISSUE 13 also includes a digital PDF download of the issue. Source:...

Rana Bitar is a physician in the fields of hematology and oncology. She graduated from Aleppo University School of Medicine in 1990. A...

El Portal offers a unique venue for the original work of writers, artists, and photographers. Published biannually, El Portal is funded...

Featured authors & poets: FICTION: Doug Bradley, Tom Deits, Dale Eikmeier, Rick Larson, Bruce Meredith, Susan O'Neill, Steve Piotrowski,...

This 591 paged book features poetry, essays, fiction and art selected work from DoveTales over the years, as well as thoughtful and...