South Sudan Archives

Swinging Modern Sounds #81: On Cultural Preservation

The Lost Boys had their moment in the media, but these people, these survivors, not boys at all and not lost now either, are still here, living lives, growing and changing and thinking and reflecting.

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The Rumpus Interview with Raphael Cormack

Raphael Cormack discusses The Book of Khartoum: A City in Short Fiction, a collection of short stories he co-edited and translated, the editorial process, and the responsibilities that accompany translating writing.

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The Rumpus Interview with Terese Svoboda

Poet Terese Svoboda talks about her biography of the socialist-anarchist firebrand and modernist poet Lola Ridge, Anything That Burns You, and remembers a time when the political was printed in newspapers.

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A Glimpse of Modern-Day Slavery

I am alive today because of that truck driver. He saved my life trafficking me, taking my money, selling me to another master. There is no help given for free.…

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