MAYDAY magazine

F E A T U R E D A R T S H O W C A S E

PRACTICES, POWER & THE PUBLIC SPHERE
Dialogical Space & Multiple Modernities in Asian Contemporary Art
curated by Maya Kóvskaya

PUBLIC ACTION ART AND PERFORMATIVE INTERVENTIONS IN THE CHINESE PUBLIC SPHERE
an article by Maya Kóvskaya

ORPHANS OF PROGRESS
Workers and Political Discourse in Post-Socialist China
an critical introduction to developments in contemporary Chinese labor politics by William Hurst
with performance photography by Han Bing

CARBON
The Residue of Life and Daydreams
Maya Kóvskaya's feature interview with Rana Dasgupta, the artist and novelist
that Salman Rushdie hailed as “the most unexpected and original Indian writer of his generation”

LAID OPEN BETWEEN DESIRE AND DISGUST
Mithu Sen's Threshold Poetics
a critical introduction to Mithu Sen's Half Full: Part II, by Alexander Keefe

HIJROTIC
Towards a New Expression of Desire
a critical introduction to Tejal Shah's Hijra Fantasy Series, by Subuhi Jiwani

R E V I E W S & C O M M E N T A R Y

HEGEL SPOKEN HERE
or Why Germans Just Love to Tell You How Bad They've Been
a travel essay by David Kirby, with photos by Barbara Hamby

GNOMIC SAVIORS
Editors on Editing
a roundtable discussion with Jacob Knabb (Another Chicago Magazine), Ben George (Ecotone),
Anne McPeak (A Public Space), Raymond Hammond (New York Quarterly),
Jodee Stanley (Ninth Letter), Aaron Burch (Hobart), and MAYDAY's Okla Elliott

A SORT OF OFFICIAL SILENCE
an interview with novelist Craig Nova, conducted by Raul Clement

AFTER COUGAR'S LAW
an interview with Cougar's epic-emergency post-rock guitarist Dan Venne, conducted by David Bowen

SPRINGING INTO SPRANGER
an interview with aphorist Christopher Spranger, conducted by Randall Radic

A LETTER TO KENT JOHNSON : : JOHNSON'S REPLY
WILLIAM CARLOS WRITES EZRA POUND THE DAY AFTER HIROSHIMA
an open letter to Kent Johnson written by Nicholas Manning,
followed by Johnson's reply and still further poetic correspondance

THE INFINITIES
a review of John Banville's novel, by Marlon Frisby

T R A N S L A T I O N S

CACTUS (THE IMMORTAL PALM) 仙人掌 : : MOONLIGHT 月光 : : HOMETOWN 故乡
poems by Xiao Qiao, translated by Cindy M. Carter

TO THE PAIN OF CHILDBIRTH : : MANGER : : MY MOTHER'S DEATH HAS A NAME
poems by Ana Istarú, translated by Mark Smith-Soto

HOHENBURG : : IN WINTER : : THE YOUNG MAIDEN
poems by Georg Trakl, translated by Daniele Pantano

P R O S E

FLAVAMERICA
an excerpt from Stephan Clark's unfinished novel, The Flavorist

ALLEY
fiction by Paul Crenshaw

LIKE A TIGER
fiction by Maya Kóvskaya

REQUIEM
an essay by Cindy M. Carter

THE SECOND SISTER NEVER ESCAPES DEATH
nonfiction by Jajah Wu

NOTHING HERE IS TRIVIAL
fiction by Chuck Richardson

IDBABY
fiction by Jessica Neiweem