In this Issue

Table of Contents

Table of Contents, Masthead, and Editor's Note

Daniel Simon
pp. 1-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0069
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Notebook

Mumbai, India: The Metamorphosis of a City

Madeline Alford
p. 5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0018
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What to Read Now: Syria

Nikolaos van Dam
p. 6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0056
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A Brief Conversation with Anna Winger

Anna Winger
p. 7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0068
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Crossroads of History: Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon

p. 8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0032
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International Crime & Mystery

The Nouvelle Cuisine of French Crime Writing: A Conversation with Virginie Brac

J. Madison Davis, Virginie Brac
pp. 9-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0015
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Poetry

Four Poems

Aicha Bassry
pp. 12-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0044
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Leaving Home

Pia Tafdrup
pp. 16-17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0051
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Fiction

The White Bridge

Rezo Gabriadze
pp. 14-15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0075
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WLT Interviews

“The Oneness of I-manity, InI”: A Conversation with Geoffrey Philp

Erika J. Waters, Geoffrey Philp
pp. 18-23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0022
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“Finally, Ali Podrimja Spoke”: A Conversation

Adam J. Goldwyn, Rineta Hoxha, Ali Podrimja
pp. 28-32
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0073
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Essays

London and the Grotesque

Tessa Ditner
pp. 24-27
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0058
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An American in Berlin

Claire Messud
pp. 48-51
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0082
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Special Section

A Day That Lingers with Us Still: Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here

Persis M. Karim
pp. 33-37
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0008
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Sense and Censorship in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Blake Atwood
pp. 38-41
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0080
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Internal and External Borders: A Conversation with Raja Shehadeh

Persis M. Karim, Raja Shehadeh
pp. 42-47
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0066
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Cover Feature

Women Writing German Today

Writing from the Gaps: A Conversation with Julia Franck

Julia Franck
pp. 52-55
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0024
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Back to Back (an excerpt)

Julia Franck
pp. 56-58
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0034
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Sex, Death, and Motherhood in the Eurozone: Contemporary Women’s Writing in German

Hester Baer
pp. 59-65
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0038
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World Literature in Review

The Lost Word by Oya Baydar (review)

George Messo
pp. 66-67
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0006
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L’interrogatoire Pilate by Mario Boivin (review)

Edward Ousselin
p. 67
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0020
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Sorry by Zoran Drvenkar (review)

Michele Levy
pp. 67-68
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0071
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The Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason (review)

W. M. Hagen
p. 69
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0062
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After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh (review)

Armando Celayo
pp. 69-70
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0046
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The Last Warner Woman by Kei Miller (review)

Adele S. Newson-Horst
pp. 70-71
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0013
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The World Through the Eyes of Angels by Mahmoud Saeed (review)

M. D. Allen
p. 71
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0009
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Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic (review)

Michael A. Morrison
pp. 71-72
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0028
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Irma Voth by Miriam Toews (review)

Catharine E. Wall
pp. 72-73
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0041
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Berlin Stories by Robert Walser (review)

Piotr Florczyk
pp. 73-74
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0064
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The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto (review)

Erik R. Lofgren
p. 74
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0026
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In the Shadow of Al-Andalus by Victor Hernández Cruz (review)

Catharine E. Wall
pp. 74-75
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0060
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Come, Thief by Jane Hirshfield (review)

Fred Dings
pp. 75-76
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0030
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A Soul at Play by Shizue Ogawa (review)

Alice-Catherine Carls
p. 76
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0049
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Isceljenje by Nina Živančević (review)

Biljana D. Obradović
pp. 76-77
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0054
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Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations with Joy Harjo by Tanaya Winder (review)

Susan Bernardin
pp. 77-78
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0036
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Words, Not Swords: Iranian Women Writers and the Freedom of Movement by Farzaneh Milani (review)

Madeline Alford
pp. 78-79
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0047
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MetaMaus by Art Spiegelman (review)

Rita D. Jacobs
p. 79
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0011
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Outpost

Cape Town

Laura Hernandez
p. 80
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0078
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