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Exclusive Extract: Un-imagining the University by Madhu Krishnan
In this exclusive excerpt from Wasafiri 119: Futurisms, Professor Madhu Krishnan details the current problems and precarities within our education systems, and how we might begin to de- and re-construct the idea of the University.
You can read and download the full piece online for free during the month of October, or read it in the print issue of Wasafiri 119: Futurisms, which is available to purchase via our website.
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Sex Sonnet by Zeina Hashem Beck
Wasafiri is pleased to share 'Sex Sonnet' by Zeina Hashem Beck, a poem specially commissioned to mark the publication of Wasafiri 119: Futurisms, our 40th Anniversary Issue.
Wasafiri 119: Futurisms is available to order now, or you can purchase the Wasafiri anniversary bundle, giving you deep insight into the history and trajectory of the magazine and literary landscape across four decades.
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When a Tiger Leaps into the Future: Our Art Editor on Chila Kumari Singh Burman’s ‘The Smile You Send Returns to You’
For our 40th Anniversary Issue, titled and themed around ‘Futurisms’, it is with great pride that we feature Chila Burman’s ‘The Smile You Send Returns to You’ on our cover. We asked our Art Editor, Professor Leon Wainwright from The Open University, to provide a deeper understanding of how Burman’s work continues to inspire and provoke thought — encouraging us to envision a future shaped by the stories and struggles of the past.
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Exclusive Extract: Against the Death of Dream by Annie Zaidi
This exclusive extract from our autumn issue, Wasafiri 119: Futurisms, is an exploration of the synergy between writers and dreamers, and a deep dive into our dreams — both our ‘sleep-dreams’, and those that provide our vision for the future.
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3 October 2024
Announcing the 2024 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize Shortlists
We are pleased to announce the shortlists for the 2024 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, judged by Isabel Waidner (Fiction), Cristina Rivera Garza (Life Writing), and Meena Kandasamy (Poetry), and chaired by Margaret Busby.
7 October 2024
40 Years of Wasafiri: An Exhibition & Two Editors in Conversation
As part of our 40th anniversary year celebrations, we're proud to host an exhibition curated by Angelique Golding, and our two editors – Dr. Susheila Nasta (Founding Editor) and Dr. Sana Goyal (Editor & Publishing Director) – in conversation for the first time.
5 September 2024
Writing Your Translation Memoir with Sawad Hussain
Wasafiri is excited to announce the first translation workshop tutored by our 2023/2024 Translator-in-Residence Sawad Hussain.
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