Ali and the Cockroaches by Parker

20150222_192557 In his short story titled “Ali and the Cockroaches,” Guy Parker, a lecturer at the University of Bahrain, writes about Ali, a teenager with “a very unlucky problem,” who is desperate to change his life, but meets the wrong individuals. Ali is from Hamad Town and leaves his family to move to Adliya, a neighborhood of Manama, where the mystery unfolds.

Transference Literary Journal Call for Submissions

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Call for submissions: Transference Literary Journal

Transference is published by the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University. Dedicated to the celebration of poetry in translation, the journal publishes translations from Arabic, Chinese, French and Old French, German, classical Greek, Latin, and Japanese into English verse. We feature translations as well as commentaries on the art and process of translating.

Submissions for our third issue will be accepted through February 28, 2015.  Submit online at scholarworks.wmich.edu/transference

Western Michigan University
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of World Languages and Literatures
1903 West Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI
49008-5338

For questions, please contact David Kutzko and Molly Lynde-Recchia, editors at
lang-transference@wmich.edu

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The Feuding Shamal. War is Peace! is finally out!

The second chapter of the Shamal saga, titled “The Feuding Shamal. War is Peace!” by A.L Thackray is available at Jashanmal bookstores. The first chapter, “The Awakening of Shamal” can be downloaded from Smashwords.com. Have you read it? I cannot wait to read the second chapter!