An independent, ad-free leftist magazine of critical essays, poetry, fiction, and art.

Alex Tan is a writer living in New York. They’ve been assistant managing editor at Asymptote Journal for four years, where they frequently review Arabic literature in translation. Other essays and correspondence have been published or are forthcoming in Words Without Borders, The Markaz Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Annulet, ArabLit, minor literature[s], and Full Stop Quarterly. Some of these writings can be found at https://linktr.ee/alif.ta.
  • To Gaza: An Interview with Nasser Rabah

    To Gaza: An Interview with Nasser Rabah

    Writer and translator Alex Tan speaks to renowned Gazan poet Nasser Rabah on his new collection, Gaza: The Poem Said its Piece, selected and translated by Ammiel Alcalay, Emna Zghal, and Khaled Al Hilli.