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subscribe now at worldliteraturetoday.org Contents In Every Issue | 03 Editor’s Note | 04 Editor’s Pick | 05 Notebook | 138 World Literature in Review | 160 Outpost march/april 2013 special double issue departments Essays 10 The Missing Picture by Kamila Shamsie 19 The Origins of Smudges by Adnan Mahmutović 24 A Fair Land and Wide by Mark Budman Poetry 13 Two Poems by André Naffis-Sahely WLT Interview 14 Travels in History and Geography: An Interview with William Dalrymple by Rita Joshi cover feature Photography Taking Pictures, Telling Stories 26 featuring Yousef Khanfar, David Goldblatt & Nadine Gordimer, Lois Greenfield, Jacko Vassilev, Lisa Kristine, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Lalla A. Essaydi, Kenro Izu, Joyce Tenneson, Misha Gordin, Ken Duncan, Ami Vitale, David Doubilet, Candida Höfer & Umberto Eco, Tim Mantoani, Angela Bacon-Kidwell, Phil Borges, Graciela Iturbide, Jay Dusard, Camille Seaman, and Shahidul Alam On the Cover Tensin Yeshi, 12, Old Tingri, 13,950 ft., Shigatse Prefecture (TAR) by Phil Borges. “Because of the flooding in the fields, Yeshi, who is in the fourth grade, spent the morning up to her chest in water while collecting feed for her family’s horses and pigs. As she got out of the water, I asked if I could take her photo. I got one or two shots off when I noticed her teeth were chattering. She quickly got under a blanket, changed her clothes, and waited for her mother to bring in the second load of grass.” for more turn to page 112. “They, given tongue, will be able to speak with and for us. And in this language will be proposed to the lens that with which, in the end, photography must be concerned—time, and place, and the works of man.” – Dorothea Lange, “Photographing the Familiar,” 1952 88 19 126 44 13 news & announcements editorial board Roger Allen Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda Manuel Durán George Gömöri Talat S. Halman Alamgir Hashmi Vasa D. Mihailovich Farzaneh Milani Tanure Ojaide Ilán Stavans Michelle Yeh Theodore Ziolkowski contributing editors Hester Baer José Juan Colín J. Madison Davis Pamela Genova Andrew Horton Emily Johnson Takeshi Kimoto Michael Lee Monica Seger David Shook Jonathan Stalling WLT WORLD LITERATURE TODAY World Literature Today is published bimonthly at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. Postmaster: Send address changes to WLT, 630 Parrington Oval, Suite 110, Norman OK 73019-4037. Periodicals postage paid at Hanover PA 17331. Copyright © 2013 by World Literature Today and the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. ISSN 0196-3570 (1945-8134 online). Subscription and advertising rates are listed on our website (www.worldliteraturetoday. org) or can be obtained through the editorial office. Ph: 405.325.4531. Fax: 405.325.7495. 3,400 copies of this issue have been prepared and distributed by the Sheridan Press at no cost to the taxpayers of the State of Oklahoma. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. March–April 2013 executive director & neustadt professor assistant director & editor in chief managing editor book review editor programs & development art director digital media editor circulation & accounts digital media assistant Volume 87, Number 2 Robert Con Davis-Undiano Daniel Simon Michelle Johnson Marla Johnson Terri D. Stubblefield Merleyn Ruth Bell Jennifer Rickard Kay Blunck Kaitlin Hawkins Special Thanks WLT is proud to acknowledge that publication of this issue is supported in part by an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in the Visual Arts category , Engagement and Creation outcomes. The issue is part of a broader project leading up to “Image & Word,” the 2013 Puterbaugh Festival of International Literature & Culture (see the festival ad on the inside front cover). We’re grateful to the NEA for its generous support. New World Music Feature We’re pleased to announce the addition of a new, recurring feature on world music in our Notebook section and the addition of Michael Lee as a contributing editor. Dr. Lee, who will curate this new page, is a professor of music (musicology) at the University of Oklahoma and has long been a resource to WLT. Through the years, WLT has from time to time brought world music into its pages. For instance, we’ve explored the many sides...