The Faculty Lounge

The Faculty Lounge

Welcome to The Faculty Lounge, the PICT journal where a rotating cast of our faculty members and contributors pursue their ongoing obsessions as writers, researchers, and activists.

Literature
Paris

Baptism by Storm

Image: “Les Tuileries sous la neige,” Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Agence photographique (January 1933) Baptism by Storm by Kristina Smoljanovic Glavas (Paris, France) Night

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Literature
Paris

Cadavres Exquis 2024

Cadavres Exquis 2024 Souvenirs from a PICT Course on Women Authors of Surrealism by Macha Matalaev (Paris, France) illustrated by Ambar Velasco (Paris, France) contributions

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Poetry
Paris

Brotherhood and Jihad

Brotherhood and Jihad by Aşık Mahzuni Şerif (Turkish original – Ankara, Turkey)by David Selim Sayers and Evrim Emir-Sayers (English translation – Paris, France) THIS translation

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Music
Paris

Le Quatuor Borodine en tournée

Le Quatuor Borodine en tournée (English version here) par Valentin Berlinsky (Moscou, Union soviétique – version originale russe)par Maria Matalaev (Paris, France – traduction française,

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Environment
Paris

News from 2047

Illustration by Rick Guidice, Ames Research Center, NASA (mid-1970s) News from 2047 by Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese (Cambridge, USA) EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece was

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Poetry
Paris

The Messenger

The Messenger by Heijan (Turkish original – Bağcılar, Turkey)by David Selim Sayers and Evrim Emir-Sayers (English translation – Paris, France) THIS translation is of the

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Poetry
Paris

Thirty-Three Bullets

Thirty-Three Bullets by Ahmed Arif (Turkish original – Ankara, Turkey)by David Selim Sayers and Evrim Emir-Sayers (English translation – Paris, France) THIS translation is of

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Poetry
Paris

The Moon Is Dark

The Moon Is Dark by Ahmed Arif (Turkish original – Ankara, Turkey)by David Selim Sayers and Evrim Emir-Sayers (English translation – Paris, France) THIS translation

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Poetry
Paris

Dark Earth

Dark Earth by Aşık Veysel (Turkish original – Sivas, Turkey)by David Selim Sayers and Evrim Emir-Sayers (English translation – Paris, France) THIS translation is of

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