Issue 16 | April 2018

A Special Feature, New Nordic Voices
Fiction
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Excerpt from Elín, Misc. by Kristín Eiríksdóttir, translated from the Icelandic by Larissa Kyzer
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Excerpt from T. U. V. by Zeshan Shakar, translated from the Norwegian by David M. Smith
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Excerpt from Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt, translated from the Finnish by Owen Witesman
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Excerpt from 27: or, Death Makes the Artist by Alexandra Salmela, translated from the Finnish by Niina Pollari
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Excerpt from The Paris Syndrome by Heidi Furre, translated from the Norwegian by Julia Johanne Tolo
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“Starlings” by Solrún Michelsen, translated from the Faroese by Kerri Pierce
Poetry
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Three Poems by Fríða Ísberg, translated from the Icelandic by Megan Matich
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Three Poems by Soffía Bjarnadóttir, translated from the Icelandic by Megan Matich
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Four Poems by Elías Knörr, translated from the Icelandic Megan Matich
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Three Poems by Asta Olivia Nordenhof, translated from the Danish by Susanna Nied
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Three Poems by Shadi Angelina Bazeghi, translated from the Danish by Katrine Øgaard Jensen
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“She Is Angry” by Maja Lee Langvad, translated from the Danish by Katrine Øgaard Jensen
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“Red” by Helena Österlund, translated from the Swedish by Paul Cunningham
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“Ode to Sadness” by Ghayath Almadhoun, translated from the Swedish by Catherine Cobham
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“Predatory Instinct” by Helena Boberg, translated from the Swedish by Johannes Goransson
Nonfiction
Visual Art
Research
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“Weimar 1525 to Weimar 1919: From Reformation to Democracy” by Michael Haspel
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“Soviet Communists on the Factory Floor: 1926–1941” by Yiannis Kokosalakis
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“Delegitimizing Authority: The First of October and the History of Police Violence in Catalonia” by Foster Chamberlin
Commentary
Reviews
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Belladonna, reviewed by Lucy Popescu
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Engines of Empire: Steamships and the Victorian Imagination, reviewed by Crosbie Smith
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Cultural Feelings Mood, Mediation and Cultural Politics, reviewed by Danielle Hanley
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Confessional Cinema: Religion, Film, and Modernity in Spain’s Development Years, 1960–1975, reviewed by Jorge Mari
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Queenship in Medieval France, 1300-1500, reviewed by Zita Rohr
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Iceland’s Financial Crisis: The Politics of Blame, Protest, and Reconstruction, reviewed by Alyssa Maraj Grahame
Interviews
Editor’s Pick
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Long Night at the Vepsian Museum: The Forest Folk of Northern Russia and the Struggle for Cultural Survival by Veronica Davidov
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Refugees, Civil Society and the State European Experiences and Global Challenges by Ludger Pries
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European Union Governance and Policy Making: A Canadian Perspective, edited by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, Achim Hurrelmann, and Amy Verdun
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Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest by Dean Vuletic
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The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders by Stuart Kells