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South/South

The Inner Qualities of Darkness

By Maryam Monalisa GharaviMay 30, 2014
To struggle with one’s blurred vision as you leave the comfort of a lit place for a sea-like unknown is both the great fear and the great imperative.
South/South

Landscape of the Bleeding Crowd

By Maryam Monalisa GharaviNovember 29, 2012
The signs I saw around the necks of many young men yesterday said: 'WANTED, A Decent Job.'
South/South

The Vastness of the Self in Unpeopled Exile

By Maryam Monalisa GharaviNovember 5, 2012
Anyone staring at my face framed in the little window at that moment would have glimpsed a man filled with shadows of an absent presence. Amidst old Europe one is awash in the idea of America as a new fatherland.
South/South

A Sword in the Arm of the Statue of Liberty As If Nearly Stretched Aloft

By Maryam Monalisa GharaviSeptember 18, 2012
In which a man has a nightmare of the cross-country railway in a country he's never visited.
South/South

I Was Never a Surrealist

By Maryam Monalisa GharaviSeptember 16, 2012
In which a woman bitterly resents America.
South/South

My Years of Militant Surrealism

By Maryam Monalisa GharaviSeptember 14, 2012
In which a man moves to America.
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