MAYDAY

MIGRANT WORKERS’ DAILY by (WANLI) Mari Furukawa

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Before mechanized printing, Niahiki-e (Japanese wood block print) was used for making newspapers in Japan, which were called ri ri xin wen 日日新闻 (daily news). Each newspaper was delivered by hand. It goes without saying that the most popular news consisted of the cruelest and most bloodcurdling stories. The artist currently hand-prints a relief sculpture newspaper in China called Migrant Workers’ Daily. In a style reminiscent of early Chinese newspapers, Migrant Workers’ Daily discusses laborer issues relevant to workers.
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Further Reading

Quagmire
by Gary Fincke

Behind our house, a soft bog Digested things that died there. I tested it with my shoes, Expected hands upraised Or at least a riot of worms. Our nervous dog skittered As if she anticipated births. In that quagmire smother Was a sign of spring. The swamp, my father said, Was spreading, bleeding out From […]

Dec. 7th, 1941
by Stephen Gibson

She wasn’t sure what happened, hearing the news— she was buying a pack of smokes at the corner (not for herself, she didn’t smoke, for her father). She wasn’t sure what happened, hearing the news: a girlfriend was in Lenox Hill—some car hit her (only later, my mom learned about Honolulu). She wasn’t sure what […]