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Poems from Palestine: Ahlam Bsharat, Othman Hussein, Ni’ma Hassan, Bangla translation by Aritra Sanyal

Four poetic voices from the Gaza Strip and the diaspora: Heba Al Agha, Yousef El-Qedra, Ala’a Sbaih, Ahmed Masoud

Dreams of poetry, paintings, family and life -The prose and poetry of the oneiric recorded in the writing of Michael Ruby

Manik Bandyopadhyay’s “Padmanodir Majhi” and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Cien Años de Soledad”: A comparative study of their towering contributions to literature – Razu Alauddin

OUT OF BOUNDS

Adeena Karasick, Warren Lehrer and William Lessard in conversation about Ouvert Oeuvre: Openings

Republished from Openings: William Lessard Interviews Adeena Karasick and Warren Lehrer, which appeared in Heavy Feather Review, images taken from...

American Canyon Ruins: The Past and the Future of Concrete, History and Graffiti – Melina Piccolo

Being tasked with writing about a location without ever actually having been there isn’t quite an easy feat. It feels...

The moment I wrapped myself in my grandma’s shawl – Poems and art by Laure Keyrouz

Fear shall belong to another voice, poems by Yuleisy Cruz Lezcano

Translated by Pina Piccolo, from the collection Di un'altra voce sarà la paura, Leonida edizioni, 2024. Cover art by Laure...

INTERVIEWS &REVIEWS

The Pleasures We Choose, Part II -Interview with Pavilion of Finland Artists P. Lindman, J. Wallinheimo-Heimonen And V. Saumya at the Venice Biennale, by Camilla Boemio

Interviews and reviews

The pleasures we choose, Part I. The Finnish Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia – Camilla Boemio

May 3, 2024

Interviews and reviews

Facing Humanoids: A solo show of Hans van der Ham – Camilla Boemio

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Fiction

The Aunt, by Francesca Gargallo

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Lucia Cupertino. English translation by Pina Piccolo. Cover art by graffiti artist active at...

The American Dream Conspiracy: Cultural Critique in plays by T. Williams, A. Miller and E. Albee – Barry David Horwitz

May 10, 2024

Three Poetic-Philosophical Notes by Will Alexander

Poems from Palestine: Ahlam Bsharat, Othman Hussein, Ni’ma Hassan, Bangla translation by Aritra Sanyal

Rollercoaster Mom, excerpt from “Hugging My Father’s Ghost”, by Zack Rogow

May 3, 2024

The unequal flight of birds with their breast full of song – Poems by Lucia Cupertino

The moment I wrapped myself in my grandma’s shawl – Poems and art by Laure Keyrouz

An Unveiling – Kazi Rafi, translation by Ashraf-ul Alam Shikder

Four poetic voices from the Gaza Strip and the diaspora: Heba Al Agha, Yousef El-Qedra, Ala’a Sbaih, Ahmed Masoud

American Canyon Ruins: The Past and the Future of Concrete, History and Graffiti – Melina Piccolo

Interviews and reviews

The Pleasures We Choose, Part II -Interview with Pavilion of Finland Artists P. Lindman, J. Wallinheimo-Heimonen And V. Saumya at the Venice Biennale, by Camilla Boemio

by DreamingMay 3, 2024

Interviews and reviews

Between Omens, Amens, Demands, Amends: Chris Stroffolino in conversation with Adeena Karasick on Ærotomania: The Book of Lumenations

by DreamingMay 2, 2024

Poetry

The unequal flight of birds with their breast full of song – Poems by Lucia Cupertino

by DreamingMay 2, 2024

Interviews and reviews

The pronounced orange darkness inside pumpkins- Review of Paulami Sengupta’s collection: Maximum Love in Patel Nagar – Pina Piccolo

by Pina PiccoloMay 8, 2024

Fiction

“Malizia Christi”, an excerpt from Davide Cortese’s novel, with Foreword by Renzo Paris

by DreamingMay 3, 2024

Poetry

The survival of love during illness and after death, five poems from The Book of John, by Lindsey Royce

by DreamingMay 1, 2024

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The secret garden balance of chaos and control: Marta Abbott in conversation with Camilla Boemio

Fiction

Gravity Tax – Appadurai Muttulingam

Out of bounds

Fear shall belong to another voice, poems by Yuleisy Cruz Lezcano

Interviews and reviews

Facing Humanoids: A solo show of Hans van der Ham – Camilla Boemio

Poetry

In silence –they exchange meaning: Poems from Hassan Najmi’s “The Idea of A River”

May 5, 2024

Interviews and reviews

The Pleasures We Choose, Part II -Interview with Pavilion of Finland Artists P. Lindman, J. Wallinheimo-Heimonen And V. Saumya at the Venice Biennale, by Camilla Boemio

May 3, 2024

Out of bounds

Red, like sorghum flowers – Two poems by Laura Fusco

May 5, 2024

Non Fiction

Dreams of poetry, paintings, family and life -The prose and poetry of the oneiric recorded in the writing of Michael Ruby

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Writing and visual arts from the world.

Overturning planes in the labyrinth – Four poems by Rita Degli Esposti

Fiction

Football is Life – Mojaffor Hossein

Cover art: Olga Gritsenko "Girlfriends on the roof" 2020, courtesy of Ukrainian painters' exhibit in Padua Translated by Noora Shamshi ...

May 2, 2023

From The Antonym – Azrael’s Call – Hamiruddin Middya, trans. Rinita Roy

Poetry

I can’t wipe death away – Unpublished poems by Paulami Sengupta

Ready Ready to move into a new house, my wardrobe, wrapped in cellophane, looks like a corpse. So ...

April 30, 2021

Monumentalis. An aesthetical alchemist: Camilla Boemio interviews Marta Kucsora

Non Fiction

Lingual Mesmerism That Rises From Haunting Evidence – Will Alexander

Cover art by Marta Kucsora, photo courtesy of Postmasters ROMA, Photo credit: Giuliano Del Gatto. Never deliberation by delimited cyclopian ...

December 2, 2023

Poetry

POETRY FROM SOUTH AFRICA – Part I: Jim Pascual Agustin, Mario D’Offizi, Kyle Allen, Winslow Schalkwyk, Silke Heiss

This post comprises some of the work submitted by South African poets in response to a call for contributors to ...

December 6, 2017

News

Turin June 20- July 8 Photo show by formerly trafficked women

Announcing a photo show about human trafficking in which the photographers are all the actual survivors. Previous story in TDM https://www.thedreamingmachine.com/voice-of-freedom-trafficked-women-speak-leila-segal/ ...

June 15, 2018

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Ukrainian Poets Iya Kiva and Iryna Shuvalova on a Poetry Tour in Italy, May 7-17

May 9, 2024

The pronounced orange darkness inside pumpkins- Review of Paulami Sengupta’s collection: Maximum Love in Patel Nagar – Pina Piccolo

May 8, 2024

Manik Bandyopadhyay’s “Padmanodir Majhi” and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Cien Años de Soledad”: A comparative study of their towering contributions to literature – Razu Alauddin

May 4, 2024

Between Omens, Amens, Demands, Amends: Chris Stroffolino in conversation with Adeena Karasick on Ærotomania: The Book of Lumenations

May 2, 2024

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