City Diversions
Pratik Magazine
special issue on city writing
Edited by Yuyutsu
Sharma with guest editor Piia Mustamäki
In their conversation in
the essay collection Strange and Known Things, Teju Cole and Alexandar Hemon
claim that “it’s impossible to write in a linear way about and in cities –
they’re necessarily non-linear spaces;” but also that “cities might be our greatest
invention. They drive creativity… and they can be hives of tolerance… But the
other side is that they are congested with material history and the spiritual
traces of those histories, including some dark events.”
This is a call for
submissions of new works on cities – non-fiction, short stories, poetry, photo
essays – under the theme of “City Diversions” inspired by Cole and Hemon’s
ideas: on the non-linear diversions cities force and ignite and the
creativity, tolerance and historical traces that bring those diversions about.
We welcome submissions particularly on global south cities, but are interested
in any new writing where the city takes center stage.
Piia Mustamaki is a Finnish writer, currently
located in Abu Dhabi where she teaches NYU’s writing program. Travelling
extensively, her travel writing has been published in Punctuate, The
Cultureist, among others.
Recipient of fellowships and grants from The Rockefeller Foundation, Ireland Literature Exchange, Trubar Foundation, Slovenia, The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature and The Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature, Yuyutsu Sharma is a world-renowned Himalayan poet and translator. He has published ten poetry collections including, Lost Horoscope: New Poems, The Second Buddha Walk, A Blizzard in my Bones: New York Poems and Annapurna Poems. Half the year, he travels and reads all over the world and conducts Creative Writing workshops at various universities in North America and Europe but goes trekking in the Himalayas when back home.
Deadline for submissions: Feb
15th, 2023
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