by Marcela Sulak | Apr 18, 2026 | Dispatches, Frontpage-Dispatches
Translation: of Hauntings, Frequencies, Migration and Language by Marcela Sulak About a hundred years after Rainer Maria Rilke wrote, of course it is strange not to inhabit the earth anymore / to give up the habits to which we had just accostumed... by Victoria Akopova | Apr 18, 2026 | Uncategorized, Frontpage-Dispatches
Does the Heart Really Burn? At the intersection of medicine and metaphor by Victoria Akopova For centuries, we have insisted that the heart burns with passion, breaks under grief, and grows heavy with sorrow. These expressions have shaped the emotional vocabulary of... by Chana Bloch | Feb 4, 2026 | Dispatches
The Assignment by Chana Bloch A TASTE for language was my inheritance as the child of immigrants. My father, who had learned English in night school, recalled one homework assignment with relish: a letter of condolence to President Coolidge on the death of his son.... by Yvonne Boustany | Jan 23, 2026 | Dispatches
Remembering the Poet of Chandrabhaga A poet travels to the home of her late mentor Jayanta Mahapatra by Smitha Sehgal In the mellow autumn of 2024, I travelled for work to the State of Odisha, the abode of Lord Jagannath, the principal deity of the region originally... by Molly Kirschner | Nov 11, 2025 | Dispatches
Obstruction of Correspondence A reader thinks beyond the poemYannis Ritsos’s “A Small Invitation” by Molly Kirschner A Small Invitation by Yannis Ritsos Come to the luminous beaches–he murmured to... by Smitha Sehgal | Nov 11, 2025 | Dispatches
Remembering the Poet of Chandrabhaga A poet travels to the home of her late mentor Jayanta Mahapatra by Smitha Sehgal In the mellow autumn of 2024, I travelled for work to the State of Odisha, the abode of Lord Jagannath, the principal deity of the region...