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Knot  
Magazine

Uniting Cultures Through Literature & Art

"He who is different from me does

not impoverish me -he enriches me.

Our unity is constituted in something higher

than ourselves - in Man...

For no man seeks to hear his own

echo, or to find his reflection in the glass.” 

                             ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

This Issue is Dedicated to Dr. Sam Hamod

Fiction & Nonfiction

Jon Wesick, "Woke Olympics,"

"Daft Menagerie" and 

"The Adventures of Rowdy Montana," 

Helen Patrice, "The Street, and What It Doesn't Say"

Penny Perry, "Winter Worrier"

Andy Palasciano, "Canoli Spumoni and the Butterfly Wine Cellar"

Daniel H. R. Fishman, "Father Auction"

Poetry

James Croal Jackson, "World Series, 2019" and "Jessie Must Think I am Pathetic," 

Giuliano Ladolfi, from "In the middle of the ford,"translated into English by Flavia Cosma

Mark Murphy, "January Glad Song," "Night Soil," "Dreams of My Father, and "A Line of Her Own"

Jonathan Locke Hart, from Textures

Susan Powers Bourne, "Bengaluru: Yes," "Canada’s Famous Five," "Oh, Saint Thomas of the Virgin Islands," "Jar," and "Years Upon Years" 

Alan Britt, "Late As Usual," and "Universe of Words," 

Gunnar Ekelöf translated into English by Alejandro Drewes, "flaggprydd sång" and "böljeslag"

Penny Perry, "After Charlottesville"

Oriana Ivy, "Unanswered Prayers," and "Van Gogh's Boots" 

Lisa Ratnavira, "I Love Women..."

Saloua Ben Amor, "Which Blood is Yours?" and "Guilt"

Heather Browne, "Neurons," "The Switch," and "Portal"

Luis Raul Calvo, translated from Spanish by Flavia Cosma, "Questions of Filial Love," "Snapshot," "Two Brothers," In a hotel room," and "Gaugin and I," 

Flavia Cosma, "Ground Floor," "First Floor," "Third Floor," "Fifth Floor," "Seventh Floor A," "Seventh Floor B," "Seventh Floor C," and "Ninth Floor"

Yahia Lababadi, from Learning to Pray,"Words," "Awaking from a Dream," "What the Migraine Said," "Desert Revisited," "Oceanside Epiphany," and "Secrets"

Kristen D. Scott, "At Pelican Cove" and "Bare" 

Emalisa Rose, "Knitting together, as sisters," "Lorraine, with the eyelashes," "Old lady boots," "Health matters," "Your tye dyed beret," and "Your forget-me-not flowers"

Lorraine Caputo, "Into Wajirra," "Seeking Peace," "To Beat the Storm," "Dawning," "Self's Portrait," and "Fractures"​

Bidyut Bhusan Jena, "Hampi –II," "The Beginnings," "Hukitola – I," "Changing Streets," A Prehistoric Tale," and "A Footnote to Waiting,"

Fred Pollack, "Heaven," "Duvet," "The Public Garden," What You Mean We, "Bend Over Backwards" and "The Ladder"

Beth Escott Newcomer, "Mrs. Larson's Expression"

Patty Somlo, "Plants" 

Rudolfo San Miguel, "Bass Fury"

Mark Russo, "The Ants" 

S.F. Wright, "The Writer"

Douglas Cole, "Among the Mystery Players"  

Mehreen Ahmed, "States of Play" 

Niles Reddick, "Shifting Gears"

Reviews & Interviews

Martín Espada, 2021 National Book Award Winner in Poetry for Floaters,  Interviewed by Kristen D. Scott 

In Conversation with Egyptian-American Author, Yahia Lababidi by Saloua Ben Amor

Eve Halus, Interviews Award-Winning Animation Movie Director, Alex Boya for KNOT Magazine

Rachid Filali Interviews the Great Translator, David Bellos

Imene Chaabane Bennani interviews Syrian-American poet, Marian Haddad

Selling Pencils, and Charlie by Penny Perry, Book Review by Saloua Ben Amor

A Beloved Arab American Poet Passes: Celebrating the Life of Dr. Hamode “Sam” Hamod by David Hamod

Photo: Kristen D. Scott 

Anne Rice, Who Spun Gothic Tales of Vampires, Dies at 80 -  The New York Times

In Texas, a Battle Over What Can Be Taught, and What Books Can Be Read

-  The New York Times

The Best Poetry of 2021

- The New York Times

Sheila Murphy, "The Prodigal Son Returns Home to the Empty Nest,"  "Small Consolation"

Smaragdi Mitropoulou, "BARSAAT" and "ETERNITY"