This reading list spotlights books by nine Mexican women writers who are shaping the literary scene in Mexico and beyond.

Ghayath Almadhoun writes a transformative love poem as the beloved and the lover negotiate minefields and soldiers, Adorno, and a collapsing Tower of Babel.

Amanda Socorro Lacaba Echanis is a writer, researcher, and activist. Her book of collected writings Binhi ng Paglaya (Seeds of Liberation) was published by Gantala Press and the Free Amanda Echanis ...

""Gifted" explores what it would require for a woman to fully own her own body," writes critic Rebecca Hussey.

From Drawn & Quarterly | Dog Days by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, translated from the Korean by Janet Hong | Graphic Novel | 212 pages | ISBN 9781770467866 | US$24.95 What the publisher says: “Yuna never ...

In this introduction to our collection of Jordanian writing, guest editor Addie Leak details the country's diverse culture and vital literature. 2. Samiha Khrais and Hisham Saleh Abdallah were both ...

Jordanian poet and writer Lana al-Majali delivers a sweeping argument for the brilliance, and urgency, of poetry. You rummage through your wardrobe, the pockets of your gray winter coats, the kitchen ...

Between us is a street Not for cars or footsteps, The green of pastures Without pastures, The blue of the sea Without sea. Between us, a street or less. Inside us, a winding road wanders— You sing ...

Jordanian poet Zuhair Abu Shayeb questions the limitations of history, water, and the past in this fervent poem.