‘The book is inflected by a general sense of apprehension that we all have at present – an awareness of the possibility of world-ending events.’
Summer 23 Five Dials·7th September 2023 The Everything List by Sonny Assu Three Poems by Jack Wilshire For the Sake of Dangling Boys...Back IssuesSummer 23
For the Sake of Dangling Boys Christian Butler-Zanetti·7th September 2023When we were thrown out of the church, we spent a long time visiting other parishes in the...FictionSummer 23
The Everything List Sonny Assu·7th September 2023Five Dials asked Sonny Assu to send us an omnivorous list of everything, or almost everything, he’s consumed...ListsSummer 23
Three Poems Jack Wiltshire·7th September 2023August 23 Here, you write the sky a signal for the bill. Barely a sigh — the waiter...Summer 23Verse
Two Continents Back to Back Charlotte Williams·7th September 2023In a world that so often pushes for monochromatic, binary categorization, Charlotte Williams’ memoir, Sugar and Slate, asks...InterviewsSummer 23
Who is Shalash the Iraqi? Kanan Makiya·7th September 2023Kanan Makiya introduces a mysterious figure. I first met ‘Shalash the Iraqi’ in Paris in the summer of...ReportageSummer 23
Shalash Speaks . . . Shalash·7th September 2023OCTOBER 8, 2005 Plato’s Block As you may or may not know, a block in Thawra City is...FictionSummer 23
Four Poems Jen Campbell·7th September 2023The Five Stages of IVF The boy stands in our garden holding all of the snow. He can’t...Summer 23Verse
Forgotten Traces Iman Mersal·7th September 2023Iman Mersal on the mysteries of a marginalized, near-forgotten class of Egyptian literature. Love and Silence . ....ReportageSummer 23
