Jessica Kirzane reads her translation of "Mutual Consent," an excerpt from Diary of a Lonely Girl by Miriam Karpilov. Miriam Karpilov (1888-1956) was born in Minsk and immigrated to America in 1905, settling in New York City and in Bridgeport, CT, where several of her...
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 Miriam Karpilov
Translated by Jessica Kirzane
In the middle of my quiet, bitter cry, in the lonely silence of that strange house, I heard a quiet knock on my door. I shook myself awake and covered my head with a pillow to dampen the noise, but the stubborn knocking did not let up.