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    Items with the tag:

    magical realism

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    Fic­tion
    Aquar­i­um
    Yaara Shehori; Todd Hasak-Lowy, trans.
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    Fic­tion
    A Land Like You
    Tobie Nathan; Joyce Zonana, trans.
    Essay—Poetry

    Spec­u­la­tive Chess­board of Erot­ic Space-Travel 

    Jake Marmer
    January 22, 2021
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    Fic­tion
    Ninth House
    Leigh Bar­dugo
    Interview

    ‘Why Not Make Mag­ic Lit­er­al?’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Leigh Bar­dugo and David Hopen

    Simona Zaret­sky, Bec­ca Kantor
    December 28, 2020
    Essay

    The Jew­ish Roots of Won­der Woman’s Pop Feminism

    Lori Har­ri­son-Kahan
    December 21, 2020
    Interview

    ‘Water­shed Moments’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Max Gross

    Bob Gold­farb
    December 14, 2020
    Fiction—From the Journal

    The Lit­tle Bottles

    Weaver
    December 14, 2020
    Essay

    Jews and Fan­ta­sy, or Tom Bom­badil is my Rebbe

    Gavriel Sav­it
    November 24, 2020
    Essay—From the Journal

    Mag­ic, Mem­o­ry, and Mass Mur­der: New Shtetl Lit­er­a­ture and the Long Back­shad­ow of Genocide

    Moriel Roth­man-Zech­er
    October 13, 2020
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    Poet­ry
    Nau­tilus and Bone
    Lisa Richter
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