The Wonderful Sight

Mohamed Hassan Farah

Look at her face
Look at her wonderful eyebrows
Look at her black and shiny hair
Three thousand dollar is not enough
To shake even her hand

She was educated, gone primary,
Secondary and even university
To shake her hand
Three thousand dollar is not enough

Look she is pure and cared
Undergone good culture
Three thousand dollar is not
enough to shake her hand.

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We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.
Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.
Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.
Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.
In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.