xxi, 295 pages ; 22 cm

A collection of stories and poems by contemporary writers from Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and other countries the United States considers enemies that have been translated into English

Includes bibliographical references

Iran : The vice principal / Houshang Moradi-Kermani ; From A little less conversation / Tirdad Zolghadr ; Existence / Ahmad Shamlou -- Iraq : Baghdad my beloved / Salah Al-Hamdani ; From At the borderline / Sherko Fatah ; From Scattered crumbs / Muhsin Al-Ramli ; Five crosses / Saadi Youssef ; Hameed nylon / Fadhil Al-Azzawi -- North Korea : A tale of music / Kang Kwi-mi ; From Hwangjini / Hong Seok-jung ; The fifth photograph / Lim Hwa-won ; Falling persimmons / Byungu Chon -- Syria : On the sacks / Hanna Mina ; From Jurists of darkness / Salim Barakat -- Libya : The soldiers' plumes / Kamel al-Maghur ; The place will fit everything / Ashur Tweibi -- Sudan : Coffee and water / Tarek Eltayeb ; The sweetest tea with the most beautiful woman in the world / Tarek Eltayeb -- Cuba : Project for a commemorative mural (mixed media) / Anna Lidia Vega Serova ; Women of the Federation / Francisco Garcia Gonzalez ; I don't want anyone coming around to save me / Raul Rivero

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