Graham Liddell is visiting assistant professor of English at Hope College. He is the editor of Absinthe 28, a collection of modern arabophone migration literature. His translations from Arabic have been published in Michigan Quarterly Review, Stinging Fly, Banipal, and ArabLit Quarterly.
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Before burning them, a writer reads through his diaries to recall disappointments, failed love stories, and the details of ordinary relationships.Whenever I think bac…
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