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Mirza Sakit

MIRZA SAKIT is the pen name of Sakit Mirza Zakhidov. His arrest in 2006 in Azerbaijan caused an uproar in the international writers community and among numerous human rights organizations. One of the organizations that stood up for him was PEN AMERICA. He has never been translated into English. He is very popular among the Azerbaijani public both abroad and at home, his poetry readings generating thousands of views online in his native language. He received the Hellman/Hammett Award from Human Rights Watch in 2008.

Contributor Bios for Issue 13 Summer 2018

July 1, 2018 Contributed By: Alice B. Fogel, Barbara Kreader Skalinder, Carolyn Oliver, Deborah Flanagan, Epiphany Knedler, Eric Barnes, Hanif Abdurraqib, Ignacio Ortiz Monasterio, Jane O. Wayne, Janette Schafer, Jerome Richard, Joshua Bernstein, Katherine Riegel, Kevin Rabas, Marc Frazier, Matt Whelihan, Michael Parker-Stainback, Michael T. Young, Mirza Sakit, Murad Jalilov, Nandini Dhar, Risa Shargel, Roy Bentley, Ruth Awad, Sergio Ortiz, Stanislav Stratiev, Stephen Gibson, Thomas Jacobs, Tom Larsen, Tori Grant Welhouse

Issue 13 Summer 2018 HANIF ABDURRAQIB is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first full length poetry collection, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, was released in […]

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[The nightingale is plucking out its feathers.] by Mirza Sakit (translated from from Azerbaijani by Murad Jalilov and Kevin Rabas)

July 1, 2018 Contributed By: Kevin Rabas, Mirza Sakit, Murad Jalilov

The nightingale is plucking out its feathers. So what if it pulls them all out? I bought you a flower. You said it had faded. It fades. So what? Are you done judging me or with your jealousy tests? It’s just two kisses on the cheek. So what? At night, you set two shot glasses […]

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MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 13 Summer 2018

July 1, 2018 Contributed By: Alice B. Fogel, Barbara Kreader Skalinder, Carolyn Oliver, Deborah Flanagan, Epiphany Knedler, Eric Barnes, Hanif Abdurraqib, Ignacio Ortiz Monasterio, Jane O. Wayne, Janette Schafer, Jerome Richard, Joshua Bernstein, Katherine Riegel, Kevin Rabas, Marc Frazier, Matt Whelihan, Michael Parker-Stainback, Michael T. Young, Mirza Sakit, Murad Jalilov, Nandini Dhar, Risa Shargel, Roy Bentley, Ruth Awad, Sergio Ortiz, Stanislav Stratiev, Stephen Gibson, Thomas Jacobs, Tom Larsen, Tori Grant Welhouse

INTERVIEWS Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad Joy Is Not Promised to You ESSAYS Joshua Bernstein The Gospel of Dearth Tom Larsen The Nightmare Next Door Jerome Richard Good and Decent People Janette Schafer The Miracle of Ordinary FICTION Eric Barnes Time Space Thomas Jacobs The Death of Z Ignacio Ortiz Monasterio Fighting for His […]

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