Issue 9: Winter/Spring 2024

From the Editor

Conversations

“I Hate the Subject and the Subject Hates Me”: An Interview with Susannah Breslin

by Seth Fischer

Gaza Diaries

“Provisions, Pots, and Firewood: Feeding Our Neighbors in Gaza”

by Mustafa D. Batnain

Gaza Diaries

“It’s a Rainy Day in My Normal Life”

by Habiba Masoud

Gaza Diaries

I Wish I Were Born a Mermaid

by Ola AlAsi

Gaza Diaries

Amani and Riham Palestinian Women Take Charge

by Lubna Abdelwahab Abuhashem

Multimedia

Samay

by MariNaomi

Gaza Diaries

Entangled

by Roaa Aladdin Missmeh

Gaza Diaries

Messages of Concern: An Introduction

by Sarah Jacobus

Poetry

“Miroslav Tichý,” “Miroslav Tichý, Untitled,” “The Subject Covers Her Face”

by Alisha Dietzman

Fiction

Gramercy Park is Closed to the Public

by Toni Ann Johnson

Essays/Nonfiction

“Suzanne Somers’s Eggplant Cookbook”

by Brian Bouldrey

Poetry

Public Enemy

by Boris Dralyuk

Fiction

The Drunken Rabbit

by Jessica Elisheva Emerson

Poetry

“Holy Translators,” “Mirror”

by Armen Davoudian

Conversations

The Chowdhury Distinguished Speakers Series: Maxine Hong Kingston in Conversation with David L. Ulin

by Maxine Hong Kingston, David L. Ulin

Coming April

Poetry

“Horses Impasto,” “Breath Bluff,” and “The Gauntlet”

by Hans F. Wagner

Gaza Diaries

“Surviving Beneath Gaza’s Tempest Skies”

by Haya Abu Nasser

Gaza Diaries

“O Lord, Guide Me Through Darkness”

by Haya Abu Nasser

Coming May

Essays/Nonfiction

“Sugar in the Gourd”

by Jordan Smith

Gaza Diaries

“Pasha Palace: A Beauty of the Old City”

by Rawan Jawad Ouda

Essays/Nonfiction

“Yes, It’s Pretty to Think So”

by Rachel Warecki

Eye of the Beholder

“Objects in the Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear”

by Jared Joseph

Poetry

“Notes on the Confessional Style,” “Memorial Day”

by Benjamin Bartu

Fiction

“Life After Kafka”

by Magdaléna Platzová

Conversations

Magdaléna Platzová in Conversation with by Alex Zucker

by Alex Zucker

Air/Light is published quarterly in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California.

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