The Satanic Verses represented a paradigm shift on several levels across the Islamisphere, not least among converts in the West. For one thing, the original text was written in English, which saved many of us the time-consuming argument that something must have been lost in translation.
Read MoreNEALA LUNA The imam caught all manner of jinn, trapped them in glass jars; buried them in the dark two feet deep beneath silk cotton trees. His great-grandson once caught a purple jellyfish, entombed tentacles and all in a cocoa...
Read MoreIt’s true,
Sometimes meaning moves through a sound
like current, like darting silver
TEJAN GREEN WASZAK The pond, a church The bay, a church Carrying the sentimental And peace, like a river. Spirit leaves body briefly to wade, Coconut wata wash off yuh heart. Sometimes I think of not being able to go home When...
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