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Protected: Ileya

By Adedayo Agarau

Protected: There are nights that escape

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Protected: This is war

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Protected: Death’s night won’t come gently

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Mira Jacob

Mira Jacob is a novelist, memoirist, illustrator, and cultural critic. Her graphic memoir Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award, named a New York Times Notable Book, as well as a best book of the year by Time, Esquire, Publisher’s Weekly, and Library Journal. It is currently in development as a television series with Film 44. Her other work has appeared in The New York Times Brook Review, Electric Literature, Tin House, Literary Hub, Guernica, Vogue, and the Telegraph. She is currently the visiting professor at MFA Creative Writing program at The New School, and a founding faculty member of the MFA Program at Randolph College.
Fiction Family & Relationships

Everybody Is Looking for Somebody Like You

By Mira Jacob March 11, 2014

It didn’t matter if they strolled from his periphery or sprinted up from behind. He felt them coming like a warm wind.

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