| Dear readers,
When Norwegian pop star Deeyah fled threats from conservative Muslims in Oslo, she received a similar reception in London, where the tabloid press dubbed her "The Muslim Madonna." She's back in the spotlight, just in time for the holidays, with a new compilation CD, featuring banned or persecuted artists from around the world. (Four of those tracks can be heard in this issue!) Early Zionist writing evoked the tragic male hero, bound by a cruel fate. So do many contemporary works, argues Mikhal Dekel, including an Oscar-winning film from Steven Spielberg. Journalist Joshua Phillips, whose reports on human rights abuses around the world, argues that the U.S. has torture all wrong; the worst arguments are winning. Part Two of our report on Jamaican dancehall music and the country's violent attacks on gays. Four flash fictions, a snake poem, and urban decay art. Plus, a big announcement on the Guernica/Dzanc Books writing award.
INTERVIEW: Listen to the Banned: Just in time for the holidays, a new CD crafted by Norwegian-Muslim singer Deeyah compiles a who's who of banned musicians from around the world. INTERVIEWS: The Wrong Question: Journalist Joshua Phillips on the left media's standard torture story, untrained soldiers making it up as they go, and becoming a suicide hotline.
FEATURES: Murder Music: Jamaica's dancehall music is being blamed for the country's violent attacks on gays. But there are many who don't see the music as homophobic, only the battle cry of a changing nation. Part 2 of 2.
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| FEATURES: Hero: Early Zionist writing evoked the tragic male hero, bound by the cruel destiny of his people and himself. It's true of many contemporary works, including Kushner and Spielberg's Munich. FICTION: A flash-fiction special issue featuring stories by Kathy Fish, Roberta Allen, Glen Pourciau, and Blake Butler. POETRY: Snake Story: by Albert Abonado: my father has always had / a fear of being swallowed / whether by a large reptile or the earth | ART: Atrophic Existence: A group exhibition which features emerging contemporary artists whose
work harmoniously intertwines around the subject of urban decay.
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