February 2017

Prachya Review, February 2017

Guest Editor : Manos Kounougakis (Greece)

Poetry Editor : Shafinur Shafin (Bangladesh)

Prose Editor : Anika Shah (Bangladesh)

Prose Editor: Ian Craven (U.S.A)

Logo Design : Bidhan Saha (Bangladesh)

Cover Design : Pranabesh Das (Bangladesh)

Table of Contents

Interview

‘I HAVE TO TRY AND WRITE MY BLACKNESS FOR MYSELF IN A LANGUAGE THAT IS NOT MINE BUT IS MINE.’ – VUYELWA MALULEKE

Stories

AZADPUR’S CHILDREN BY SAIMA RASHID

ISLAND IN THE SKY BY TRISTA HURLEY-WAXALI

WEARING A SAREE BY RAJARSHI BANERJEE

THE DOOR BY YASIR KHAN

FAMOUS LAST WORDS BY PHILIP KOBYLARZ

THE LAST TESTAMENT OF STEPHEN BY RAÍSEA DÉ MURCHÚ

THE GIRL AND THE MOON BY IAN CRAVEN

THE PANTIES OF THE DEAD BY MICHAEL MARROTTI

Translated Story

AKKHARPURUSH BY HAMIM KAMRUL HAQUE

Translated Poetry

IRAQI POEMS BY MANAL AL-SHEIKH

SPANISH POEMS BY JORGE ORTEGA

Poetry

PPOEMS BY LAURA M KAMINSKI

POEM BY SHUHRID SHAHIDULLAH

POEM BY JACK LITTLE

POEMS BY OKUWOGA EYIMOFE

POEMS BY MARGARET SAINE

POEMS BY DEVON BALWIT

POEMS BY AGBAAKIN O. JEREMIAH

POEMS BY JOSHUA COLE

CCOLLABORATIVE POEMS BY NICOLE SURGINER & CARL SCHARWATH

POEM BY FARIQ YUSOFF