William Benker
Sea Peoples by William Benker
“Sea Peoples“ was produced six months into lockdown. I was looking ahead to a time when we might all be able to go outside again. The...
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Luke Frostick
- Jun 27, 2021
- 4 min
An Italian in Istanbul by Luke Frostick
Federico Rosa, aka DJ Nio, manages to be energetic and chill at the same time. As we talk about his multimedia project Mamma Li Turki!,...
Deniz Gül
- Jun 20, 2021
- 2 min
my libido by Deniz Gül
*The following is excerpted from Deniz Gül's book, "there is life between us (+transparency). December 2020. notonlypublications....
Alex Butler
- Jun 13, 2021
- 1 min
The Operating Table by Alex Butler
As a surgical nurse, I am fortunate to witness the beautiful details and wild intricacies that make up the human body on a daily basis....
Fictive Mag
- Jun 6, 2021
- 13 min
Literary Internationalism: Prof. Sibel Erol on Tezer Özlü
Anticipating the debut English-language publication of Tezer Özlü's novel, Cold Nights of Childhood, by Serpent's Tail in the UK, Fictive...
Fictive Mag
- May 30, 2021
- 15 min
Günnur Özsoy, Sculptress by Toprak J.
Introduction A light breeze of piano lifted through the bright studio, as the artist sat at the end of a long, clean metal table....
Fictive Mag
- May 23, 2021
- 29 min
Overfishing the Bosphorus by Deniz Deniz
One spring, over eight thousand years ago, the first school of bluefish swam up the Bosphorus from the Sea of Marmara, migrating from the...
Augustino Lucano
- May 17, 2021
- 4 min
Road to Maji by Augustino Lucano
In December 2020, I joined Jervasio Amotun in Kenya and headed to South Sudan to mobilize the community of Maji to come together to...
Ece Eldek
- May 10, 2021
- 5 min
A Mythopoetic Cycle by Ece Eldek
The two poetic works of Ece Eldek, “Kurulu An” and “ma ma ma” are not so much critiques of institutionalized religion, its literature and...
Fictive Mag
- May 3, 2021
- 2 min
Idomeni, 2016: Photo Essay
In the spring of 2016, the some 200 locals in the northeastern Greek village of Idomeni were inundated with an influx of over 14,000...
Double Diamond Sun Body
- Apr 18, 2021
- 2 min
Soul Application by Double Diamond Sun Body
This is you 2 hours before you were born. This is you 10 days before you were born.this is you 20 days before you were born.this is you...
Özlem Atik
- Apr 11, 2021
- 19 min
A Letter to Jean Améry by Özlem Atik
Jean Améry (1912–1978) was born Hans Meier in Vienna, Austria. He was a philosophy and literature student in Vienna and participated in...
Ali Cabbar
- Apr 4, 2021
- 10 min
Sicilian Defence* by Ali Cabbar
[Türkçe için aşağıyı okuyun] The Coronavirus confinement started right in the middle of the preparations of this book, distracting...
Ufuk Gürbüzdal
- Mar 28, 2021
- 10 min
The Leopard by Ufuk Gürbüzdal
The Leopard: An Aristocrat’s Narrative of The Social Transformation during the Risorgimento Book Review: Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa,...
Alex Butler
- Mar 21, 2021
- 1 min
New Medieval Poetry by Alex Butler
The sestina is a form of poetry dating back to the 12th century, and uses a bit of a complex structure. The thirty six line poem uses six...
Fictive Mag
- Mar 14, 2021
- 10 min
Daughter of Semiha the Diva: Interview with Zeliha Berksoy
During the exhibition, "Portraits", displaying the paintings of Semiha Berksoy, at Galerist in March, 2019, Zeliha Berksoy, the daughter...
Vi An Diep
- Mar 7, 2021
- 2 min
Twinkling Bud of Spring by Vi An Diep
It flickers, twitches, claws it's way in, biting Until our tears become ice and clay We are its play thing... Behold, just then, the...
Alex Albadree
- Feb 28, 2021
- 3 min
Abolishing the Death Penalty in America by Alex Albadree
Capital punishment not only fails to advance justice, it allows systemic racism and classism to be enacted through execution. This system...
İrem Günaydın
- Feb 21, 2021
- 11 min
Flaschenpost by İrem Günaydın
I OWE YOU / THE TRUTH IN PAINTING / AND I WILL / TELL IT TO YOU Sieve [Separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for...
Fictive Mag
- Feb 14, 2021
- 11 min
A Painter Abroad: Bilingual Interview with Çağla Ulusoy
Çağla Ulusoy is a young painter and graduate of the Royal College of Art. In November, 2018, she showed a series of works in Turkey for...
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