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Jasmina Tacheva talks with author Petya Kokudeva Hello! Petya or Radost and what does “fist” have to do with your name? My name is Kokudeva – and “kokuda” in the Rhodope region means fist. My first name means stone or rock in Greek. On the other hand I was originally named Radost, but then my […]

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with the founder of the Growing with Books organization Rana Madanat Because I believe a person is what she strives for, I am happy to introduce Rana Madanat to you. A strong and charismatic person, whose look brings light. She delights me with her humanity as well as her sincere activities for […]

Simon Perchik Photo: qmnonic …the final piece tonight… and the Earth made whole –the announcer slows, signs off by lowering her voice, then Mahler to help her with the dead …will leave the air… for its underworld and we be swept over that silence, downstream, washed in a darkness that stays, has no breath or […]

Elayne Clift Photo: orangeacid It takes a lot to shock me, but elementary school kids playing “the rape game” on a school bus? Baby T-shirts sporting “Chick Magnet” on the front? Blow jobs at Bar Mitzvahs? All this and more is documented in Diane Levin’s and Jean Kilbourne’s important new book aimed at helping parents […]

Elayne Clift Photo: celesteh I’ve been thinking about mothers, and I should note straight away that my thoughts were originally coincidental to the fact that this month we will celebrate their unconditional love (thanks in large part to the flower and greeting card industries.) The reason I found myself ruminating on mothers and motherhood is […]

Matt Urmy Photo: seanmcgrath Eyelids peel apart The body turns over Consciousness limps toward focus

Lauren Shows Photo: denis collette The sound of the hit, when it happens, is suspended in the air longer than the man himself. For a moment he’s up there, one gray nylon wing extended, the other curling around the side. His furry antennae, like his arms, are reaching up, feeling around in the air. He […]