The Arkansas International
The Arkansas International - Issue 9
Issue 9 of the Arkansas International, available now, features work from Stanford University’s Wallace Stenger Fellow Safia Elhillo, whose
novel The January Children won the Arab American Book Award in 2018; Bonnie Nadzam, whose work appears in Granta, Kenyon Review, Harper’s, plus others; and CD Write Emerging Poets Prize winner Imani Elizabeth Jackson, whose
poem “Hydrography #4” was selected by Hanif Abdurraqib. The issue also features prolific
Korean author Shin Kyun-sook’s “House on the Prarie,” translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan
Fulton, and Aurielle Lassaque’s excerpted In Search of a Face, translated from the original Occitan by Madeleine Campbell. You can listen to select
authors read their work on Instagram, including Ruth Williams, Shara McCallum, Brian Moore, Jacob Rogers, and Julie Moon,
among others.
Launched by the University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing & Translation, the Arkansas International seeks to publish the best literature from the United States and abroad. The journal is published biannually and considers previously unpublished fiction, poetry, essays, comics, and works in translation. Its publication is made possible by grants from the Program in Creative Writing & Translation and the Department of English at the University of Arkansas, as well as the generous support of individuals. Visit The Arkansas International online to read portions of the issue and for exclusive web content. You can also order your copy of the journal or become a subscriber while there!
The Arkansas International - Issue 8
Highlights of Issue 8 of the Arkansas International, available for purchase online, include: four poems by Leonora Simonovis, whose chapbook manuscript, Waiting for a Ripe Mango, was a finalist for the Snowbound Tupelo Prize Award; three flash fiction pieces
by the prolific Mary Ruefle, poet laurate of Vermont; an essay by Emily O’Neill titled
“New Girl,” which reflectively explores an inappropriate relationship between student
and teacher; and "Somewhere in Bombay, a Fog Descends" by Asha Thanki, selected by
Sigrid Nunes as the winner of the 2019 Emerging Writers Prize. Issue 8 also features
Alfred Corn’s translation of Ranier Maria Rilke’s “The Fifth Elegy, and four poems
by Garous Abdolmalekian, translated by Ahmad Nadalizadeh & Idra Novey. The cover of
Issue 8 features cover art by artist Arghavan Khosravi.
Launched by the University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing & Translation, The Arkansas International seeks to publish the best literature from the United States and abroad. The journal is published biannually and considers previously unpublished fiction, poetry, essays, comics, and works in translation. Its publication is made possible by grants from the Program in Creative Writing & Translation and the Department of English at the University of Arkansas, as well as the generous support of individuals. Visit The Arkansas International online to read portions of the issue and for exclusive web content. You can also order your copy of the journal or become a subscriber while there!
The Arkansas International - Issue 7
You can order Issue 7 of the Arkansas International now. Highlights of the issue include: two poems by Alexandra Teague, former Stegner and
NEA fellow; critically acclaimed and bestselling Italian author Alessandro Baricco,
whose story “The Bloodman Syndrom” is translated by Stiliana Milkova; and Brad Trumpfheller’s
lyrically delectable poem “Time is not an arrow, more the place an arrow touches us.”
Issue 7 also features Jasmine Alexander-Greene’s translation of Ivan Shipnigov’s short
story, “Lenin’s Mausoleum,” and Jodie Noel Vinson’s lyrical essay “The Collectors.”
The cover of Issue 8 features cover art by artist Nikolina Petolas.
Launched by the University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing & Translation, The Arkansas International seeks to publish the best literature from the United States and abroad. The journal is published biannually and considers previously unpublished fiction, poetry, essays, comics, and works in translation. Its publication is made possible by grants from the Program in Creative Writing & Translation and the Department of English at the University of Arkansas, as well as the generous support of individuals. Visit The Arkansas International online to read portions of the issue and for exclusive web content. You can also order your copy of the journal or become a subscriber while there!
The Arkansas International - Issue 6
You can order Issue 6 of the Arkansas International now. Highlights of the issue include: four poems by Bob Hicok, a popular North American poet known for meshing witty observation with deep emotional insight; six of Patty Crane's new translations of Tomas Tranströmer, a Swedish Nobel Laureate considered to be one of the most important European poets of his generation; "Teacher," a chilling story by Caitlin Horrocks; and "Seals Are My Favorite Animal" by Maria Kochis, selected by Adam Johnson as the winner of the 2018 Emerging Writers Prize.
Issue 6 also features three of Janet Hong's translations from the Korean— "The Retreat," a short story by Ha Seong-Nan, "Picture Diary Two," a comic by Ancco, and "The Dream of a Child before She Was Set on Fire," a short story by Bae Suah. The cover of Issue 6 features a photo by Korean photographer JeeYoung Lee.
Launched by the University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing & Translation, The Arkansas International seeks to publish the best literature from the United States and abroad. The journal is published biannually and considers previously unpublished fiction, poetry, essays, comics, and works in translation. Its publication is made possible by grants from the Program in Creative Writing & Translation and the Department of English at the University of Arkansas, as well as the generous support of individuals. Visit The Arkansas International online to read portions of the issue and for exclusive web content. You can also order your copy of the journal or become a subscriber while there!
The Arkansas International - Issue 5
You can read issue 5 of The Arkansas International now. Several of the pieces featured
in the issue revolve around the theme of oil. Keija Parssinen’s story “The Pearl Diver’s
Son” is a young man’s fictionalized account of the early days of Saudi Arabia’s oil
industry. María Sonia Cristoff, in her personal essay, “The Dogs of Cañadón Seco,”
recounts the decline of a town in Argentinian Patagonia following an oil boom. Bernard Quiriny’s short
story, “Black Tides” details a strange secret society whose operations revolve around
oil spills, drawing parallels to our own society’s relationship with oil. The rest
of the issue, featuring work by Heather Christle, Khaled Mattawa, René Steinke, Peter Orner,
Edward Gauvin, and many others, is packed with poetry, fiction, essays, and comics
representing literature and writers from around the globe.
Launched by the University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing & Translation, The Arkansas International seeks to publish the best literature from the United States and abroad. The journal is published biannually and considers previously unpublished fiction, poetry, essays, comics, and works in translation. Its publication is made possible by grants from the Program in Creative Writing & Translation and the Department of English at the University of Arkansas, as well as the generous support of individuals. Visit The Arkansas International online to read portions of the issue and for exclusive web content. You can also order your copy of the journal or become a subscriber while there!
The Arkansas International - Issue 4
You can read issue 4 of The Arkansas International now, featuring work by Linda Bierds, Les Murray, Hanif Abdurraqib, Lily Hoang, Susan Bernofsky,
and Leo Ríos--winner of the journal's 2017 Emerging Writer's prize. The issue is packed
with poetry, fiction, essays, and comics representing literature and writers from
around the globe.
Launched by the University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing & Translation, The Arkansas International seeks to publish the best literature from the United States and abroad. The journal is published biannually and considers previously unpublished fiction, poetry, essays, comics, and works in translation. Its publication is made possible by grants from the Program in Creative Writing & Translation and the Department of English at the University of Arkansas, as well as the generous support of individuals.
Visit The Arkansas International online to read portions of the issue and for exclusive web content. You can also order your copy of the journal or become a subscriber while there!