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Global Literary TheoryGlobal Literary Theory (ISSN 3049–8724) brings world literatures into comparison. We elucidate the aesthetics of politics and the politics of aesthetics, and support writers from all around the world. Medium’s only quadrilingual publication. We support Palestinian liberation.
Note from the editor
Global Literary Theory (ISSN 3049–8724) brings world literatures into comparison. Beyond our three core literatures, we are open to collaboration relating to Urdu, Malay, Bangla, Swahili, Tamazight, and other world literatures (including European ones!). Write us at [email protected] to contribute, translate work related to world literary traditions (especially Asia and the Islamic world), or review recent books in the field or literature in translation (see our newsletters for books available for review). And sign up for our newsletter! We support Palestinian liberation. We are based at SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG.
Editors
Editor in Chief
Rebecca Ruth Gould, PhDPoetry & politics. Free Palestine 🇵🇸. Caucasus & Iran. Writer, Educator, Translator & Editor. rgould.substack.com
Kayvan Tahmasebian
Kayvan Tahmasebian is the author of Mouldinalia (Goman, 2016) and Lecture on Fear and Other Poems (Radical Paper Press, 2019).
Emma Efkeman
I am a collaborator and researcher of haptic experience. Currently, project coordinator in the College of Humanities at SOAS, University of London.
Writers
Inge E. Knudsen
Mother, grandmother, history and comparative literature passionate; lecturer on European Renaissance and European women writers in 18th & 19th centuries.
Ilyas Ahmed
Thin, tall guy who usually keeps quiet and occasionally bores you with his Poetry, Fleeting indulgences and raw opinions.
Aysel K. Basci
I am a US based writer/literary translator. My work is in The Common, Washington Square Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Columbia Journal, Los Angeles Review.
Soni Wadhwa
Soni Wadhwa currently teaches in the Department of Literature and Languages at SRM University, Andhra Pradesh.
Zeynep Öztekin Yıldırım
Spanish to Turkish translator and teacher, nowadays story writer, it's too crowded inside my head.
Matthew Teutsch
Here, you will find reflections on African American, American, and Southern Literature, American popular culture and politics, and pedagogy.
M. Soledad Berdazaiz
Eng<>Spa translator | writer | avid reader | languages enthusiast. Born in Patagonia, currently in Italy.
Joe Váradi 🇭🇺
Editor of No Crime in Rhymin' | Award-Winning Translator | ..."come for the sarcasm, stay for my soft side"
Anthony David Vernon
When a writer passes himself off as a philosopher, you can be sure he does so in order to camouflage any number of deficiencies. - Emil Cioran
Farwah Nawazi
~ I read books and sometimes discuss. ~ I write poetry and sometimes share. ~ I've a degree in Electronics Engineering.
Afashima Moses
Studied English language, writer of any subject. The man dies in all who is silent in the face of tyranny. Palestine shall be free and all the oppressed
Bokani Hart
Freelance French/English translator and interpreter, former UN peacekeeper and activist passionate about global justice and cross-cultural communication.
Bethlehem Attfield
Storyteller, Literary Translator, YouTube Podcaster — Her debut translated novel The Lost Spell was published In 2022 and shortlisted for SOA Translation Prize.
Aza Y. Alam
Exploring the entanglements of gender, race and class during this era of the Eurokleptocene. Let’s do better, one story, one learning, one comment at a time.
Olga Zilberbourg
LIKE WATER AND OTHER STORIES published by WTAW Press. Work in Lit Hub, Electric Literature, The Common. Co-moderator of the San Francisco Writers Workshop.
Erdogan Aldemir, PhD
Türkçe | English... Tıbbi görüntüme doktora, çok da fotoğraf ve yazı | PhD on medical imaging, keen on writing and photography, aka need to froze the values
Camilo Vasquez
Writer, artist, historian, art historian, seeker. Looking for the sacred in the profane, the mythical in the present, love beauty and revelation in the everyday
Dakshi Parashar
UI/UX Designer | English Literature Graduate | Sociology Post-Graduate | Environmentalist
Joshua Grasso
English professor at East Central University (OK); PhD from Miami University (OH); eternal student and lover of books
Guadalupe Zetina Gutiérrez
Nomad Mexican archaeologist and anthropologist. My most personal side is here! Get to know me better here:
Jordan Elgrably
writes about culture, identity, the Middle East and North Africa. He is based in Montpellier, where he is the editor-in-chief of The Markaz Review.
Autumn Phillips / OttomanEarl Travel
Editor at Large - The Post and Courier / Travel Writer: A weekly newsletter for the adventurous traveler by NATJA's Journalist of the Year
Oksana Kukurudza's Sunflowers Rarely Break
Oksana, consultant & author in NYC is drafting her first book, , about her parent's time as Nazi forced laborers.
Calvin Stevens
South African-born Historian | Writer & Editor | Africa-China Observer | Certified Bookworm | Learner of Mandarin Chinese |
Jeff Pearce
Writer person. Books - The Gifts of Africa, Prevail, The Karma Booth, Gangs in Canada and Winged Bull, a bio of Henry Layard, the Victorian era’s Indiana Jones.
Steven Bretherick
English teacher in Sendai, Japan. Student of literature. Exploring cultural and political impediments to climate action. Translator of books on the game of go.
Jayad Chhabra
A Psychology and English student trying to brighten the world by his flame of curiosity!
Samah Zaqout
A passionate writer from the womb of destruction! A Palestinian still carrying the love of writing.
Anish Bhattacharyya
Student at Indian Institute of Management, Indore. Love researching and writing about basically anything.
Hadeel Sawalmeh
A mom, a teacher, a student, and an overthinker... I write to stop, think, and reflect. I'd better think in my box than lose myself in others' open space.
