Your Impossible Voice is thrilled to announce this year’s nominations for the Pushcart Prize."The Rapist’s Dog" by Sara Kachelman (Your Impossible Voice #16, Winter 2018)"In the Garden of Earthly Delights," by Luisa A. Igloria (Your Impossible Voice #16, Winter...
Issue 18 features work by Joanna Ruocco, Miguel Barnet (translated by George Henson), Ricardo Piglia (translated by Robert Croll), Lise Gauvin (translated by Aliya Esmail), Dia Felix, Brooks Sterritt, Roberto Rodriguez-Estrada, Molly Yingling, Silver Damsen, Rob McClure Smith, Amitai ben-Abba, July Westhale, Martina Reisz, Thomas March, Adam Clay, Elizabeth Spires, and Mia Ayumi Malhotra. Cover art by Sean Casey.
Miguel Barnet
Translated by George Henson
The sky at this hour melts into the ocean. The egrets are dark specks against the backdrop. A single blinking yellow beacon lights up the rocky strip along the malecón.
Issue 17 features work by Laurie Stone, John Better Armella (translated by George Bert Henson), Elisabeth Sheffield, M.C. Zendejas, Stephanie Dickinson, Miriam Karpilov (translated by Jessica Kirzane), Nicole Mestre, Ihsan Abdel Quddous (translated by Nabeel M. Yaseen), Michael Agugom, Jason Hamilton, Curt Saltzman, Jillian McManemin, Bob Elmendorf, Geraldine Connolly, Diego Valeri (translated by Laura Valeri), Alex Rieser, Ulrike Almut Sandig (translated by Jari Niesner), Lily Hoang, and Zach Wyner. Cover art by Jonathan Hammer
By John Better Armella
Translated by George Bert Henson
Whether it’s a transvestite taking a drag on her damp Pielroja on some corner of barrio Santa Fe, a middle manager asking with feigned dignity, “Marlboro, please,” or a precocious little girl smoking her punk brother’s butts in secret, cigarettes possess the brevity necessary to tell a story, not in the style of Jim Jarmusch, where they accompany an espresso, and the black-and-white screen accentuates a bitter encounter between Tom Waits and Iggy Pop.
Featuring work by Pedro Ugarte (translated by Alan Williams), Chris Kraus: Amboy, C.I. Nwodim, Rachel Ballenger, M.W. Johnston, Yoss (translated by George Henson), Emily Zasada, Deepinder Mayell, Xavier Queipo (translated by Jacob Rogers), Diana Raab, Carol Hamilton, Martin Willitts Jr., Kelli Allen, S.D. Lishan, Leah Mueller, Leanne Grabel, Jade Sharma, Fabia Oliveira. Cover art by Robert Thurman.
Yoss
Translated by George Henson
What? No, Gilda, you don’t have to roll the window up … The wind isn’t bothering me. And don’t make that pouty little-girl face; it has nothing to do with pride or stupid machismo. Yes, my eyes are watering.
Your Impossible Voice #13 features new work from Nina Schuyler, Thorsten Nagelschmidt, Kirsten Hemmy, Laurie Blauner, and more.
Brash and velvety new work from Laura Legge, Elena V. Molina, Han Ong, Emile DeWeaver, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram & Steve Davenport, Debby Bloch, and more.
Issue 10 of Your Impossible Voice is devoted to—enamored of and enthusiastic about—new writing from Cuba and the Cuban diaspora.
By Emerio Medina
Translated by George Bert Henson
By then a lot of people were trying to leave the Island. A lot of people were making plans and calculations. They hunched over maps by night, plotting routes in the water, shut themselves up in their apartments, and talked about the trip and their new life.