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Inspired by Francisco de Goya’s profoundly unsettling masterpiece, ‘Los Disparates’ (‘The Follies’), Daniel O’Reilly’s Everything is Cake offers twenty-two short stories that translate the artist’s incisive, grotesque, and absurd realism into literary form. This collection is a descent into the nature of folly—a “light” madness where the horrific and the nonsensical rupture the mirror-image of proud human Reason. Within these pages, characters are thrown into bizarre existence, abandoned in worlds drafted hastily by a distracted creator. A man seeking escape finds himself literally trapped and seduced by the ancient walls of a city. A captured military drone is reprogrammed with poetry, taught how to be sad so it can teach other drones to give up the will to fight. A birthday party guest begins to suspect that the furniture, the food, and even the other people are not what they seem. What begins as a pilgrimage into the heart of a great artist’s vision becomes an abduction of the senses. O’Reilly holds up a splintered mirror to our world, forcing us to confront the existential paradoxes and monstrous faces that look back when we least expect it. For as Goya warned, “The sleep of reason produces monsters.”

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In a world where the gates between waking and dreaming dissolve, F.D.P., the wandering poet, invites you into a hostel of infinite corridors. A hostel where every room is a gateway to another continent. Is his journey an escape from the world or a feverish attempt to embrace it whole? In Hostel Infinito, the truth is not a destination, but the path itself… a path mined with hallucinations, paved with tales that might cost you your sanity. Dare to enter, for you might just find yourself in a room you never knew existed within you. Sulfur Editions is honored to present to our esteemed readers a unique work that shatters conventional narrative molds: Hostel Infinito by Paul Mihalache. In this book, Mihalache takes us on an extraordinary journey alongside a character who is both real and astonishing: the poet “Florin” or F.D.P., a traveler who has made the world his home and the poem his compass. Through recordings and conversations spanning months, we delve into the enchanting and turbulent world of “F.D.P.”, a world where reality merges with fantasy, and the mundane with the mythical. Hostel Infinito is not merely traditional travel literature; it is a profound exploration of the meaning of the perpetual search—the search for love, for spiritual salvation, and for the self in the most bizarre and astonishing corners of the globe. Through the eyes of F.D.P., we see the world as a surrealist poem, written in a language understood only by those who dare to lose their way on purpose.

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SECLUSIA is a fantastic story about Edward James. His brief life in Scotland where he was born was intense in West Dean. As a child he invented a surrealist city. He was a restless and misunderstood poet, patron of Dali, Rene Magrite, Leonora Carrington and other surrealist painters. He was a great collector of surrealist paintings. An English globetrotter. When he arrived in Xilitla, San Luis Potosi, Mexico he fell in love with the orchids that impregnated the surroundings with their beauty.

In the magical and surrealist town of Xilitla, he stayed forever, where with the support of his friend Plutarco Gastelum he built the Edward James Surrealist Sculpture Garden Las Pozas.

Summary · Deutsch

Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter reist eine Frau nach Worpswede, um ihr Erbe zu finden, ein Porträt ihrer Urgroßmutter, das Paula Modersohn-Becker gemalt haben soll. Das Künstlerdorf und der morbide Charme seiner Moorlandschaft üben einen mysteriösen Reiz auf sie aus; eine unwirkliche Atmosphäre liegt über dem Ort.

Auf der Suche nach dem verschwundenen Bild kommt sie allmählich ihrer Familiengeschichte auf die Spur und findet in Träumen und Visionen immer wieder Verbindungen zu Paula Modersohn-Becker – und zu sich selbst.

Summary · English

After her mother’s death, a woman comes to Worpswede to find her inheritance, a portrait of her great-grandmother that Paula Modersohn-Becker supposedly painted. The artists’ village and the morbid charm of its moorland exert a mysterious attraction on her; an unreal atmosphere hangs over the place.

When searching for the missing painting, she gradually uncovers her family history and, in dreams and visions, repeatedly finds connections to Paula Modersohn-Becker – and to herself.

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From acclaimed Egyptian literary master Ibrahim Abdel Meguid comes The Passerby—a profoundly moving and fiercely relevant novel that navigates the perilous intersections of identity, societal expectation, and state oppression.

Set against the backdrop of a highly conservative modern Cairo, the narrative follows an eighteen-year-old university student grappling with profound gender dysphoria. Assigned female at birth and named Lamyaa, the protagonist endures deep psychological alienation, harboring a masculine spirit and a naturally husky voice that set him at odds with the world’s rigid expectations. Seeking solace, the student confides in Dr. Baydaa, a progressive philosophy professor, but this rare lifeline is abruptly severed when the professor is tragically murdered.

Driven by an undeniable internal truth, the protagonist bravely transitions to his authentic male identity, Hamza. This courageous metamorphosis, however, incites a firestorm of shock, confusion, and condemnation from his family and neighbors. The personal swiftly collides with the political when Hamza is swept up in a wave of state security arrests. Thrust into the unforgiving labyrinth of Egypt’s criminal justice system as a transgender man, his fight for self-actualization becomes a harrowing battle for survival.

Anchored by the unwavering support of his steadfast friend, Ihsan, Hamza’s journey is a sweeping testament to human resilience. The Passerby is a triumph of contemporary Arabic literature, offering a compassionate and unflinching examination of what it costs to live authentically in a closely surveilled and deeply traditional world.

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Sulfur Editions proudly presents The Last Summer of Mr. Dipodoidea by Ghadah Kamal, a captivating and profoundly moving exploration of man’s inner world in an absurd realistic context in a world grappling with societal pressures, loss, and the search for meaning. This collection of interconnected stories delves into the lives of individuals navigating a dystopian landscape where dreams are suppressed, individuality is stifled, and the very essence of humanity is under threat. Through rich, evocative prose and surrealist imagery, Kamal paints a vivid portrait of a society teetering on the brink of collapse, while simultaneously celebrating the resilience of the human Unconscious.

The Last Summer of Mr. Dipodoidea is a multifaceted and thought-provoking collection of stories that will resonate with readers from diverse cultural backgrounds. Ghadah’s masterful storytelling and exploration of universal themes make this book a timely and important contribution to contemporary literature. It is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring the complexities of human experience in a world grappling with change, loss, and the enduring power of the human subconscious.

“The Last Summer of Mr. Dipodoidea” by Ghadah Kamal masterfully blends magical realism and surrealism, creating a captivating world where the boundaries of reality are blurred and the mundane is infused with the extraordinary. Magical realism is characterized by the introduction of fantastical elements into otherwise realistic settings, often presented matter-of-factly. Surrealism, on the other hand, seeks to liberate the subconscious mind, creating dreamlike and illogical scenarios that challenge conventional notions of reality. Kamal weaves these two elements together, creating a tapestry where the magical and the surrealist coexist and enhance one another.

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A Riveting Tale of Identity and Power

In the teeming, chaotic city of N’Djamena, Chad, a child is born with two destinies. Adam Hawwa enters the world with both a penis and a vulva, an anomaly that defines his existence. Raised as a daughter by a loving mother but rejected by a father who wanted a son, Adam is caught between two warring identities. Navigating a city rife with danger, corruption, and superstition, Adam befriends a young refugee who becomes the narrator of this powerful tale. Their bond is born of a moment of cruelty and shame, and as it deepens, the narrator watches as Adam struggles to find a place in a world that sees him as a spectacle. Seeking freedom from constant scrutiny, Adam journeys to a mystical healer who promises to “make the choice” for him. He chooses to become a man, a decision that sets him on a breathtaking and brutal new path. He trades his fragile beauty for the harsh realities of military school, where he rises with dizzying speed. He is a hero, a husband, and a direct link to the elite, but his rise is built on the deliberate death of his former self. As a coup threatens to topple the government, the secrets Adam has buried refuse to stay hidden. His past, a burden he tried to shed, returns to confront him, forcing him to reckon with the man he chose to become. The Secret Declared History of Adam Hawwa is a sprawling epic of identity, war, and the search for oneself. It is a story of a city that devours its children and a country that cannot escape its history of violence. This is a novel that will challenge and move you, leaving you to question what it truly means to be a man, a woman, a friend, a hero—or a traitor. You will not forget the story of Adam Hawwa, a person who decided to declare his own history, even if it meant destroying everything he once was.

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From a forest where the echo of a great presence has faded, a new, unsettling quiet descends. A once-unthinkable reign takes hold, while shadows stretch and sharpen, filled with a cacophony that promises unraveling.

Witness the one who, from a quiet corner, perceives the world’s subtle shifts, the almost-imperceptible fraying of its intricate weave. Amidst the shifting allegiances and the theatre of the unexpected, a profound unease stirs, whispering of a destiny both grand and terrifying.

What happens when the very air itself grows thick with an unsettling truth, and the landscape begins to warp, reflecting a deep-seated chaos? Can a spark, long dormant, ignite amidst the encroaching dusk, or will the final, disorienting act consume all light? This is a journey into the heart of a transforming reality, a riddle etched in the bark of ancient trees, inviting you to discern the unspoken.

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¿Es posible falsificar la propia existencia para sobrevivir al olvido?

En el Egipto de 1976, bajo el peso de una apertura económica que redefine las reglas de la moral, Matouq Rifai es un artista excepcional atrapado en la penumbra de un suburbio de Helwan. Cuando se le presenta la oportunidad de participar en el audaz robo de Flores de amapola de Van Gogh, Matouq no solo busca un botín, sino una redención: sustituir el original por una copia propia para obligar al mundo a admirar su genio oculto.

La Asociación Secreta de los Ciudadanos es un fresco vibrante de la marginalidad y la resistencia. A través de una trama de suspense impecable, Achraf El Achmawi nos sumerge en una sociedad donde los límites entre el arte y el fraude, la lealtad y la traición, se difuminan como el óleo fresco. Una novela profunda y conmovedora que cuestiona quiénes son los verdaderos dueños de la historia.

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From the sky, our house is a question mark. From the ground, it is the yawning mouth of a mythical serpent. We are born from its breath of rot and burnt garbage, where ghosts rise from the canal, and piety is a curse whispered under a sagging roof. Here, a mother finds god in a kilo of discarded meat. A father, a hero of a forgotten war, wages his battles against chewing tobacco and the volume on a secondhand TV. A boy named for a dead brother sketches his original’s face in his mind, a substitute living an unfinished story. And Anas, the blessed, watches us all, his head living on its own while the rest of him is frozen at infancy.I became a child whose features were furrowed with the wrinkles of old men. A man trapped in a child’s body. This is not a tale of a family. It is the story of the fly, the reed, the rust, the stench that rewrites your beliefs. It is the dream that is more real than the world. When the bulldozers come to devour the walls, you will ask with us: Had we ever truly occupied this land, only to have it liberated from our grasp?

Amr Al-Adly’s The Journey of the Unholy Family is a lyrical and unflinching odyssey into the heart of a family clinging to existence at the margins of Cairo. It is a story where the sacred and the profane dance in the dust, and the ghosts of the past are as real as the grit underfoot. This is not a story you read, but a world you inhabit—a world that will haunt you long after the final page.

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“A collection of short stories and ‘veiled memoirs’ that explore the chiaroscuro of a troubled life. From the leafy enclaves of Wimbledon to the ‘intelligent chaos’ of Beirut’s Hamra district, Omar Sabbagh weaves a tapestry of ‘crap decisions,’ spiritual pride, and the somatic pleasure of the English language.”.

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Herein lies not a book, but a surrealist experimental machine for surr thinking. A psychogeographic engine powered by stray thoughts, dictaphone recordings, and the radical ghost of B.S. Johnson. In Swansea Automatic, Rhys Trimble does not write about Swansea; he allows the city’s sedimented unconscious to write itself through him, using a series of alchemical experiments prescribed by the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets as his volatile medium. This is a creative manual that systematically deranges the language to map a city’s soul. Swansea emerges as a macromolecule of myth and memory, a liminal space of tidal moods, industrial scars, and psychic detritus. The text fractures and reassembles before your eyes—a cut-up of local history and internal monologue, a scientific textbook for a universe where logic has been disabled. What results from this hazardous process is a new form of testimony. It is the city’s collective Tinder profile, swiping right on everything in its vicinity; it is a wedding vow for a final, apocalyptic hook-up; it is a logbook from a journey into the self, with Annwn the dog as psychopomp. Trimble has forged a vibrant, unstable, and utterly essential artifact—a book that is simultaneously a journey, a weapon, and a prayer, leaving the reader, like the city itself, thrillingly altered.

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In collaboration with La Belle Inutile Editions, Sulfur Editions is delighted to present Myths, a collection of short stories by the acclaimed Egyptian writer, Ramy Yehia. This volume marks the first English translation of Yehia’s, offering Anglophone readers a glimpse into the vibrant world of contemporary Egyptian literature. This collection showcases Yehia’s innovative approach to storytelling, blending the ancient tradition of mythmaking with the modern techniques of magical realism. Drawing inspiration from his Nubian heritage, Yehia infuses his narratives with a distinct rhythm and cadence, reminiscent of oral storytelling. The stories in Myths are not retellings of familiar religious myths but rather entirely new creations, rooted in the realities of everyday life. Through the lens of magical realism, Yehia transforms mundane events and familiar settings into extraordinary tales that explore themes of love, loss, longing, and the human condition. The wolf, the moon, and the sun become central figures in these narratives, their mythical qualities interwoven with the experiences of ordinary people.

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Ultimately, Stations of Anger by Dr Safaa Al Naggar, translated by Mahmoud Abdel Khaleq is a work of literary excavation. It uses language as a tool to unearth the psychological and emotional debris left behind by personal trauma and social upheaval. It is a demanding read, because of its unwavering honesty. A woman named Arwa feels the earth shift beneath her. She performs a thousand acts, yet achieves nothing. Her life is a series of explosions that leave behind only silence and ash. But somewhere in the dust, a new path emerges, a journey not to a destination, but into the self—a place she has been warned about, a place where the wolf resides. This novel whispers a tale of fragmented lives seeking a sense of wholeness. A woman abandons a child to find herself. A grandfather carries the weight of history on his shoulders. A generation searches for a home that no longer exists. Stations of Anger is a lyrical exploration of what it means to be human in a world where the old maps no longer lead to the places we remember. It is a mystery told not through clues, but through emotions—a journey into the haunting poetry of a troubled soul.

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Sulfur Editions is proud to present Andrew Brenza’s compelling and unsettling play, Night Walking & The Makers’ Taint, a work that plunges into the fractured landscape of a post-contact reality to dissect the nature of consciousness.

At its core, Night Walking & The Makers’ Taint grapples with the erosion of individual autonomy following a transformative, if not cataclysmic, event. The “accidental contact between human and alien technologies” births a “RAM of Spontaneous Sentience,” a new consciousness formed through a “cross-pollination” that eliminates the independent existence of the original minds. This foundational premise immediately questions the boundaries of self, suggesting a universe where individual thought and will may be increasingly permeable, if not illusory.

The character of John, a “male construct” haunted by the past and present, serves as our primary lens into this disorienting reality. His interactions with the ever-questioning Doctor, an “AI-conditioned data packet of human origin,” highlight the struggle to define sanity and delusion in a world irrevocably altered. The Doctor’s relentless probing and eventual diagnosis of “florid delusions” and “grandiosity” underscore the difficulty of maintaining a coherent sense of self when the fabric of reality seems compromised. John’s assertion that his mind was “never yours to lose” speaks volumes about the potential precarity of consciousness in this new era. Brenza masterfully employs theatrical devices to mirror this philosophical unease. The shifting scrims and projections—from idyllic blue skies turning into writhing masses to the desolate internment camp and the overwhelming alien planet— visually represent the instability of perception and the potential for inner psychological states to seep into external reality. The use of “experimental synthesizer music” designed for “thematic consistency” yet allowing for “significant improvisation” further enhances this sense of a reality that is both structured and fluid, familiar and utterly alien.

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The Italian Scandal is a visceral and intellectually charged journey into the soul of contemporary Cairo, where the ghosts of history, faith, and political disillusionment collide with a desperate, modern search for connection. Mohammed Baraka masterfully weaves a narrative around an unnamed Egyptian journalist, a cynical yet sensitive “son of the South,” whose life is a daily negotiation between the suffocating chaos of his city and the fragile sanctuary of his mind. Haunted by a question—“Why did Cairo not love me?”—he finds himself adrift in a world of pollution, crowded metro cars, and the silent judgment of his conservative neighbors. His editorial office is a graveyard of dreams, and his home overlooks the stark walls of Tora Prison, placing him between “one of the world’s oldest rivers… and prisoners lining up in the mornings behind you”. His world shifts on a cold Ramadhan night with the encounter of Maria, a beautiful, red-haired Italian photographer—a “daughter of the North”. She is a kindred spirit, defined by a “faint sorrow” and a philosophical aversion to the commodification of modern life. Their immediate, electric connection transcends mere attraction; it becomes a meeting ground for two divided worlds: the 1400 years of “mutual misunderstanding” separating the shores of the Mediterranean. As they navigate the intimate corners of Cairo—from the vibrant, historic alleyways of Al-Hussein to the unsettling silence of a taxi ride dominated by an impassioned religious sermon—their date becomes a profound, unexpected exploration of identity, culture, and power. The narrative delves into the complexities of Egyptian identity post-Afghanistan, the allure and perceived threat of the West, and the raw, unscripted language of love. Maria sees in the journalist’s dark eyes the same confusion washing over her own blue ones, yet their intense connection is constantly undercut by external pressures and their own ingrained cultural patterns—she is the daughter of “strict precautions and obsessions,” and he the “son of emotional spontaneity”. The Italian Scandal is a novel of stunning contrasts: the sacred and the profane, the historical and the immediate, the Oriental and the Occidental. It is a powerful, uncompromising meditation on masculinity, faith, and the possibility of genuine intimacy in a globalized, fragmented age. Baraka’s prose is sharp, lyrical, and deeply moving, promising an unforgettable reading experience that lingers long after the final page.

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Across its chapters, the narrative unfolds through seemingly disjointed yet deeply interconnected lives, each grappling with a reality that bends and breaks under the weight of memory, delusion, and longing. We are drawn into the orbits of Eternally confined to a window’s peephole, she watches the enigmatic newcomer, Jack, whose sudden, mythic presence shatters the neighborhood’s dull reality. Her story culminates in a terrifying realization that the perfect man she observed was perhaps nothing more than a collective phantom—a necessary illusion born of urban stagnation. A man (later named Bitcho) or perhaps a dog (Fox), who experiences the world as a cycle of rejection and fleeting connection. His life, marked by homelessness and the loss of his beloved bird, Shawaz, reveals the poignant vulnerability of a soul craving simple acknowledgment and belonging. His eventual naming—“Bitcho”—blurs the line between man and beast, highlighting a universal struggle for validation. A man whose inherited anxiety and terror of cats drives him to near-madness, transforming him into the very thing he fears—a metaphorical ‘Mouse’. His journey is a biting satire on the tyranny of reputation and the agonizing effort to shed a despised identity, climaxing in a surreal encounter that forces him to embrace his vulnerable “Golden Mouse” self. The stories converge on themes of illusion versus reality (Jack’s phantom existence), existential loneliness (the man on the balcony and the nameless observer), and the redemptive power of non-human connection (Fox the dog, the kidnapped tree, the mute restaurant owner). Yabrir employs a powerful, chiaroscuro style, illuminating moments of intense emotional clarity against a backdrop of deep psychological shadow. The Omnipresence of the Dog is a vital literary achievement that compels readers to question the solidity of their own perceptions, affirming that in the silent, watchful gaze of the ‘dog’—the loyal, un-bewitched witness —lies a mirror to our most profound human anxieties and desires.

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AN 1800 YEAR LOVE TALE OF A HISTORICAL CASTLE NAMED THE SUPERIORS IS BUILT BY 14TH INTELLIGENT GENTLEMEN OF ALL NATIONALITIES, ON THE PREMISE OF RIGHT AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, ESOTERICS, RAUNCH, AND EROTICISM, TRUE-FRIENDSHIP AND THE PARANORMAL.

ONE GETS A PICTORIAL IMAGE OF THEIR EMOTIONS THAT NEED RECTIFYING, WHEN THEY PUT THEIR RIGHT FOOT AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE RED DOOR OF THE CASTLE.

700 YRS IN THE PRESENT FUTURE THE 10TH GENERATION CHILDREN OF THE 14TH GENTS, WITNESS ALL THAT HAS BEEN BUILT, AND LIVE OUT THEIR IDEALISM AND FANTASIES.

THEY BECOME READY TO LIVE ON THE MOON, AFTER ARRIVING BACK FROM THE ATACAMA DESERT, WHERE THEY MEET A SPACEMAN IN AN EMERALD PURPLE BODY SUIT CALLED ARUNDEL.

THERE ARE TWO ELONGATED LADIES FROM EUROPA AND VULCAN, WHO ARRIVE AT THE CASTLE FROM MARS VIA RUSSIA AND WASHINGTON, TWO DAYS, BEFORE THE GREATEST WEDDING TAKES PLACE BY THE FEET OF THE SPHINX IN EGYPT.

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Meet Abanoub, a man ostensibly defined by principle, yet secretly ensnared by the ghost of a single, electrifying memory: a stolen kiss in a darkened tunnel, sealed by a pair of unforgettable green eyes. This singular obsession becomes the silent, governing force of his life, casting a long shadow over his mundane reality—his stagnant career, his loveless marriage, and the suffocating weight of a reputation he never chose.

Known to others as “the man of principle,” Abanoub’s internal world is a turbulent sea of longing and what-ifs. His relentless, almost sacred, quest to recapture the phantom of his past propels him toward a dangerous precipice where memory and delusion collide. When his pursuit culminates in a life-altering accident, the fragile walls of his reality crumble, forcing him to confront whether he is a victim of fate, a prisoner of his own mind, or a man on the verge of a terrifying revelation. Abanoub’s journey is a profound exploration of how a single moment can define a lifetime, blurring the line between devotion and destruction.

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Within the contemporary narrative discourse, Tayseer Al-Najjar’s “Buthayna” emerges as a profound literary act, breaching the bastions of traditional storytelling to illuminate the obscure chambers of the human psyche and societal constructs. This novel is not merely a tale recounted; it is a philosophical looking-glass, reflecting the intricate repercussions of forbidden love within societies constrained by conventions and shackled by secrets. With remarkable finesse, Al-Najjar immerses the reader into the heart of a tragedy that transcends the boundaries of individual incident, transforming into a profound study of the clash between desire and sanctity, freedom and tradition, the self and the other. Through the interplay of voices and the multiplicity of perspectives, “Buthayna” offers a panoramic vision, dissecting a judgmental community that breathes whispers and thrives on scandal, while individual humanity dissolves under the crushing weight of blame and shame. It is a daring narrative journey, inviting us to contemplate the architecture of moral judgment and to re-pose the eternal question: Is love a sin or destiny?

“Buthayna”: Where scandal finds solace in mourning, and the body becomes an arena for the eternal conflict between desire and stigma. Tayseer Al-Najjar weaves a narrative that pierces the wall of social silence, unveiling the fragility of moral structures in the face of overwhelming emotions. In the heart of a village that counts breaths and convenes gossip sessions, the story of “Buthayna” and “Salem” manifests as an earthquake threatening to redefine every given truth. This is not merely a tale of illicit love; it is a psychological and philosophical dissection of a society that shapes its members, casting them into the clutches of a merciless collective judgment. The voices intertwine – from “Mahmoud,” submerged under the weight of shame, to “Ferial,” who embodies the fortress of reason and balance, through “Mona” and “Yaqin,” grappling with the legacy of blame and speculation surrounding the concept of honor, and concluding with “Najaa,” who sees in Buthayna nothing but disaster – to present Al-Najjar’s profound narrative mosaic, illustrating how gossip can shatter worlds and defile souls.

“Buthayna” is a novel that stirs stillness, strips bare souls, and compels us to confront ancient questions with new audacity: What is the true cost of love in a world that prioritizes appearance over essence? And can a soul ever heal from the wounds of societal cruelty? This novel is an invitation to ponder the concept of humanity under the pressure of scandal, offering a vision as painful as it is inspiring.

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In “Umm Kulthum: A Tale Of Human Goddess,” Mohamed Baraka masterfully peels back the layers of Umm Kulthum, Egypt’s legendary “Star of the East,” to reveal the complex woman behind the icon. Translated by Dr. Salwa Gouda, this poignant novel humanizes the revered singer, exploring her vulnerabilities, contradictions, and the profound impact of her unparalleled fame. Through a captivating first-person narrative, Baraka provocatively challenges societal idolization and delves into themes of identity, the “sacred female” in Eastern culture, and the subtle subversion of patriarchal norms. A compelling and intimate portrait, this novel offers a fresh, controversial, and deeply personal perspective on one of the Arab world’s most enduring figures.

Sulfur Editions is proud to announce the publication of “Umm Kulthum: A Tale Of Human Goddess,” a groundbreaking novel by Mohamed Baraka, expertly translated by Dr. Salwa Gouda. This work of fiction embarks on an audacious exploration of the life and legacy of Umm Kulthum, moving beyond the myth to present a nuanced and intimate portrayal of the woman behind the legend. Baraka’s narrative skillfully navigates the complexities of fame, societal expectations, and the burdens of iconography within Egyptian and Arab cultures. “Umm Kulthum: A Tale Of Human Goddess” is a significant literary contribution that promises to spark conversation and offer readers a unique, thought-provoking journey into the heart and mind of an unforgettable figure.

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Query Caboodle 2 volts the psyche awake by tossing everything up for grabs. Nothing is certain. Nothing is presumed. By stripping away our smug conventions, Heller activates what is most human in us. Through the cleansing powers of unrelenting investigation, the sham & superficial dissolve, the lies & deceptions emaciate. We become free to approach the Miraculous, the Authentically Vital. This is a different approach to being in the world, one which will make the everyday dazzle, the unrecognized glisten. As the poet Heath Brougher puts it: “This book made me realize that there were entire realms of ideas that I didn’t even know I was supposed to be thinking about.”

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Query Caboodle 2 volts the psyche awake by tossing everything up for grabs. Nothing is certain. Nothing is presumed. By stripping away our smug conventions, Heller activates what is most human in us. Through the cleansing powers of unrelenting investigation, the sham & superficial dissolve, the lies & deceptions emaciate. We become free to approach the Miraculous, the Authentically Vital. This is a different approach to being in the world, one which will make the everyday dazzle, the unrecognized glisten. As the poet Heath Brougher puts it: “This book made me realize that there were entire realms of ideas that I didn’t even know I was supposed to be thinking about.”

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Qu’est-ce que la Chute Croisée ? Pour Heller Levinson, au-delà de sa géométrie — ce dévers qui dévie les trajectoires —, elle devient le lieu d’une dérive absolue, un seuil d’affolement où le langage refuse de filer droit.

Dans ce dictionnaire poétique de l’effondrement et de la sédimentation, Levinson ne décrit pas : il pulvérise. Les mots s’entrechoquent, se fragmentent et s’oxydent sous une pluie de météores verbaux. Écrit dans l’urgence d’une « anarchie du regroupement », Chute Croisée déploie une écriture hautement atomique et abrasive, une embuscade d’une intensité rare où cohabitent l’abject existant, les rythmes bruts du hard bop et les strates d’une mémoire viscérale.

Ici, la poésie réapprend à rêver. Entre le vertige d’un maelström dionysiaque et la précision tranchante d’une lame, Heller Levinson fait de l’écriture un risque. Il suspend la question, fracture les structures closes et nous livre à l’innocence pré-délibérée du désastre.

Une expérience organique et radicale. Une traversée des gouffres signée par l’une des voix les plus singulières de l’avant-garde contemporaine.

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The publication of “WADIH SAADEH / THE COMPLETE WORKS” by Sulfur Editions in 2025 marks a pivotal moment in the literary landscape, presenting a comprehensive compilation of the esteemed poet’s oeuvre. This monumental volume, translated by Mohsen El Belasy, Artworks by Ghadah Kamal, consolidates Saadeh’s poetic output from 1968 to 2014, offering a definitive and cohesive collection of his life’s work.

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La publication des « ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES » de Wadih Saadeh par Sulfur Editions marque un tournant décisif dans le paysage littéraire, en présentant une compilation exhaustive de l’œuvre de ce poète de renom. Ce volume monumental, traduit par Pierre Petiot, rassemble la production poétique de Saadeh de 1968 à 2014, offrant ainsi une collection définitive et cohérente de l’œuvre de sa vie.

Dans ces pages résonne l’écho d’une existence passée à errer entre les mots et les silences. Les Œuvres Complètes de Wadih Saadeh, traduites avec une rare sensibilité par Pierre Petiot, nous plongent au cœur d’une poésie de l’absence et de la contemplation. Figure majeure de la littérature moderne, Saadeh déconstruit le langage pour mieux reconstruire le monde ; un monde où chaque fleuve, chaque arbre et chaque regard porte le poids d’un exil infini. Sulfur Editions vous convie à une expérience littéraire transcendante : la rencontre avec une âme nue, oscillant perpétuellement entre le désespoir existentiel et une beauté poétique insaisissable.

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Mark C. Rosenzweig’s This Without That is a collection born from the surrealist tradition but operating in a new key. Published by Sulfur Editions, a press rooted in the global, living surrealist milieu, these poems are an act of imaginative refusal. They resist the linear, the literal, and the legible, instead mapping what Rosenzweig calls “the architecture of absence.” Through a poetics of ellipsis and recursion, the work aligns itself with a movement that insists on continuing—not as an echo of the past, but as a method for confronting a world that demands resolution. With artworks by Ghadah Kamal, This Without That is an essential document for our time, pointing to the unsaid, the unmapped, and the vital structures that persist in the space between things.

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Rosenzweig’s poems seem to be crystalizations of dark, angular and dangerous impulses. Subliminal images, dislodged and juxtaposed, create his nocturnal etudes, gnostic miniatures. The incantations here try to create momentary incandescences in which we see these obscure, secreted hieroglyphs decoded, messages perhaps found scratched on the walls of reason and lucidity and then etched with acid, transcribed, on the belly of Venus. He invites the reader to enjoy these enigmatic, yet urgent telegraphs from below.

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The war machine has become a playground of dazzling, surreal objects. Here, your fingers are diced by the Kitchen Magician, replaced by a sudden urge to write poetry. You sit by the fire’s glow, a witness to a dance of flickering tongues, where fear dissipates and the fire becomes an oracle of transformation. James Sebor’s collection is a descent into the archives of dormant dreams, accessible only when our sleeping librarian tends to its nocturnal duties. Journey beyond the veil of reality, where transparent sisters clad in gowns of mist navigate a world that sees their vulnerability. Your mind, like a wood-carved face, sits beside an unresolved problem, yet the puzzle is effortlessly solved. This book is a journey through a world where sanity is a flickering whisper. You will meet “cinco pods” with mouths where an ass would be, discussing the origins of the universe. You will realize that you are not a being, but a reflection of human thought, and that your existence is a tangled waltz between fragility and resilience. The vital elements of life flow through you, hardly noticed, until now. You’ll find that “we all come from nothing, living in something, and the answers lie within our imaginations”. For now, you are floating around in your head, touching on thoughts that electrify your brain. The universe depends on thought, but what happens when all thoughts, hopes, and radiance disappear from a beautiful mind?

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Sulfur Editions est fier de présenter une œuvre magistrale qui défie les frontières de la poésie contemporaine : “Banquet lunaire” suivi de “Cadavre exquis” de Charbel Dagher, dans une traduction française exquise de Christine Zimmer. Ce recueil n’est pas une simple collection de poèmes ; c’est une exploration audacieuse des territoires inexplorés du langage, une invitation à un festin où les mots se libèrent de leurs entraves conventionnelles pour danser sous la lumière énigmatique de la lune.

Le titre “Banquet lunaire” ouvre le recueil sur une scène onirique, un rassemblement nocturne où le poète convie le lecteur à une expérience transcendantale. Les poèmes qui suivent sont autant de plats servis à ce banquet : des vers libres et des poèmes en prose qui, selon les mots de Zimmer, “surgissent pour s’accrocher au réel, parfois abrupt comme un sentier de roches sur une crête”.

Dagher y déploie une langue à la fois sensuelle et cérébrale, où les images frappantes côtoient les réflexions métaphysiques. Le poète se fait tour à tour promeneur solitaire, convive inattendu, héritier d’un testament énigmatique, et observateur lucide des paradoxes de l’existence.

Dans la seconde partie du recueil, “Cadavre exquis”, Dagher transgresse les formes poétiques traditionnelles en intégrant des éléments théâtraux. Ces textes, oscillant entre le dialogue et la performance, explorent les ressorts de la création artistique et la capacité du langage à transcender le réel. Les thèmes de l’identité, de la mémoire, de l’absence et du désir y sont abordés avec une acuité et une originalité déconcertantes.

L’œuvre de Dagher est traversée par une profonde interrogation sur la nature du langage poétique. Le poète se demande : “Vivrais-je pour écrire ? / Écrirais-je pour vivre ?” Cette quête de sens se traduit par une exploration formelle constante, où le vers se fait “colonne” (dans tous les sens du terme), le mot devient “eau”, et le poème se mue en “palimpseste”.

Dagher n’hésite pas à jouer avec les limites de la langue, à la tordre, à la malaxer, pour en extraire des significations nouvelles et inattendues. Sa poésie est une invitation à “regarder non pas à faire”, à se laisser surprendre par la “fraîcheur bruissante” des mots et par les “halos de lumière” qui se dégagent de leur lecture.

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In Being on The Brink (Sulfur Editions, 2025), Ahmad Klij orchestrates a phantasmagoric symphony of displacement, Klij’s verse operates within a terrifying surrealism—a “hallucinatory realism”—where the laws of physics bow to the logic of atrocity. He boldly envies the dead, for their spine’s immunity to the heavy burden of earth and memory. Here, the heart undergoes a violent metempsychosis: from butterfly to coal, to petroleum, only to be weaponized and fired back as a projectile of love. The collection charts the exile as a corporeal mutation; the refugee is a “green corpse” anxious for a plot of earth, a traveler whose identity is merely a mask of sadness. Yet, amidst this debris, love emerges as a fierce, jagged resistance—a lover returning from war with one and a half legs to offer flowers, or a map of nations redrawn with a stick of lipstick. Accompanied by the visceral, fragmented artwork of Ghadah Kamal, Being on The Brink is a manifesto for the survivors of the apocalypse who wait for freedom— that “turtle that never arrives”. It is a haunting testament that does not seek to heal the wound, but to sing from within its bleeding center.

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From the Liminal Depths of the Mind Emerges a Flock of Words:

Raphael Simons, a renegade musician turned a surrealist Poet / shaman, invites you to descend into the dreamtime jungles, These poems are not written, but conjured. They rise from the liminal spaces where sleep and wakefulness intertwine, where the rational mind surrenders to the irrational. What you find within these pages is not the poet’s world, but your own, mirrored back in haunting, evocative verse. Simons, a disciple of the surrealist masters Peret, Tzara, and Carrington, brings a fresh, audacious voice to the genre. With the precision of a composer and the intuition of an astrologer, he crafts poems that are at once familiar and utterly alien. Prepare to lose yourself in a world where crows are empty vessels of the subconscious, Empty Crows is a co-publication of Sulfur Editions and La Belle Inutile Editions.

Dare to open the door.

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John P. Portelli’s The Lost Coyote is a profound meditation on dislocation as a metaphysical state, an unflinching document of the human spirit’s endurance amid catastrophic temporal and geographic rupture. This collection transcends mere memoir or political commentary, operating instead as a rigorous philosophical inquiry into the dialectic of belonging and exile, where the concept of “home” is eternally reduced to the “in-between”.

Portelli employs a stark, almost cinematic lyricism to expose the scars of history, weaving personal memory—fragments of past loves, Mediterranean seascapes, and domestic moments —into the massive, impersonal horror of geopolitical violence. His poetry performs a constant deconstruction of time, where “yesteryear” and the present are fused by perpetual trauma. The clock face—a recurring visual and thematic motif —serves not as a measure of linear progress, but as a circular witness to a history that ceaselessly repeats its atrocities. The titular “lost coyote” is the ultimate symbol of the alienated subject: an existence “unnoticed”, howling at a universe that remains taciturn. Love, when it appears, is framed by its own futility and transience, a brief “fictitious embrace” or a fragile desire caged by a world that demands a “perfect silence”. This is a necessary, formidable work that establishes Portelli as a major voice charting the enduring sorrow and moral complexity of a globalized, yet fragmented, world.

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Dans Le Coyote perdu, John P. Portelli navigue avec maestria à travers l’architecture poignante de l’exil, du traumatisme et de la mémoire collective. Loin de s’installer dans le confort douillet des vers contemplatifs, ce recueil s’érige en une cartographie poétique et farouche du déracinement. Structuré selon une progression philosophique délibérée, l’ouvrage plonge d’abord le lecteur dans la profonde liminalité de « l’entre-deux », où le moi est suspendu dans un état de déracinement ontologique. Portelli dissèque ensuite la fracture de l’intimité humaine, révélant comment les désirs personnels et les ancrages romantiques se dissolvent lorsque le monde environnant est plongé dans un flux violent et perpétuel.

Le recueil atteint son point d’orgue dévastateur dans sa section finale, où les blessures intimes de l’exil se métamorphosent en un témoignage éthique profond face à la catastrophe mondiale. À travers des élégies brûlantes qui parcourent des rivages dévastés, les rues fragmentées de Beyrouth, les ruines de Boutcha et les ombres d’Auschwitz, Portelli affronte de front la violence systémique et les tragédies humaines. Ici, le poète dépouille tout nationalisme romantique, déclarant que la souffrance personnelle invalide les récits publics et édulcorés de la patrie.

De plus, Portelli érige le silence non pas comme une absence de bruit, mais comme une force ontologique active et terrifiante — un « dictionnaire » structuré pour le chagrin indicible de la diaspora, là où le langage conventionnel échoue.

Traduite dans un français évocateur par Pierre Petiot et sublimée par les œuvres saisissantes de Ghadah Kamal, cette publication signée Sulfur Editions et Horizons transcende les frontières géographiques pour documenter l’agonie humaine partagée de notre époque. Le Coyote perdu est une œuvre indispensable et sans frontières, destinée aux lecteurs en quête d’une poésie qui refuse le sentimentalisme au profit d’une vérité brute et sans concession.

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Many of the poems in the collection are characterized by a dreamlike, surrealist quality with recurring motifs of ancestors, forests, birds, and shadows… These elements blend to create a sense of timelessness and blur the lines between reality and the subconscious. The concept of memory is central to many poems, often presented through fragmented recollections and dreamlike sequences… The poems explore how the past shapes the present, and how personal and cultural histories are intertwined. Identity is another key theme, with the poems exploring the individual’s place within the world and the search for meaning and belonging… The speaker often grapples with feelings of alienation and displacement while seeking connection and understanding. The use of symbolism is prominent, with recurring images of animals (tigers, birds, fish, wolves)…, natural landscapes (forests, rivers, mountains)…, and the interplay of light and darkness…, all contributing to the poems’ layered and multifaceted meanings. The poems often employ a first-person perspective, giving the reader intimate access to the speaker’s thoughts, emotions, and experiences…. This creates a strong sense of immediacy and invites the reader to share the speaker’s journey. There is a constant exploration of the relationship between the body and the soul, and their connection to the natural world… The speaker often seems to be in a liminal state, moving between different realms of consciousness. In “Tigres, arbre et souvenir”, the speaker’s experiences of falling into a trap, embracing a tree, and feeling nostalgia highlight themes of vulnerability, connection with nature, and longing. “Personne ne nous attend à l’intérieur” explores themes of isolation and existential questioning, with the speaker noting, “Personne ne nous attend à l’intérieur”, which is a recurring sentiment in the collection….

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Jowonder’s “Surrealist Poems About Clocks” is a provocative exploration of time, consciousness, and the human condition. By disrupting our sense of temporal order and presenting a world of bizarre and perverse imagery, accompanied by 16 drawings By Jowonder inspired by the poems. she forces us to reconsider our assumptions about reality, time and our place within it. These poems are a testament to the power of poetry to illuminate hidden truths and to provoke profound questions about the nature of existence and time.

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In Surplus Skin, Ibrahim Abdelfattah performs a visceral autopsy of the modern poetic soul, peeling back the epidermis of the mundane to reveal the hemorrhaging silence beneath. This collection is a surgical deconstruction of the “night” that has thickened into a suffocating, excess layer of flesh—a “vast prison without walls” where time gains weight and compresses the chest of the city.

Ibrahim Abdelfattah’s voice operates within the phenomenology of alienation, where the self is a fluid, unstable construct, terrified that a name might stick to it permanently. He navigates a Cairo that is less a geography and more a “capital of ice,” a landscape where the “meekness of killers” allows War to sit casually on a balcony, smoking a cigarette while the world trembles. Here, the boundaries between the corporeal and the ethereal dissolve; memory is a “coat heavy with mud” that one yearns to shed, and identity is merely a mask worn in the “disguise room,” sustained by the “K-particle of simile”.

These poems are a manifesto for the “ecstatic wanderers” and the “poets who corrupted love,” offering a stark, unflinching look at a reality where endings are fair but brutal, and where the only salvation lies in the “laughter etched onto the face of ruin”.

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In Love Poems from Cairo’s Tower, prolific Syrian poet Fwaz Kadrie offers a breathtaking view of the world from the heights of one of Egypt’s most iconic landmarks. This collection is not merely an observation of a city, but a “crucible” where history and heart meet. Kadrie, a poet who has lived for many years in Germany, writes from the perspective of a permanent wanderer—a “stranger to poetry and tears” who finds home in the act of writing.

The verses navigate the “unrestrained and unbridled” talk of love while grappling with the harsh realities of war and the “calcification” of the soul. From the “rustle of bread in the hand of the hungry” to the “bitter words of departure,” Kadrie’s work is a “factory of elegies” and a “bakery of new hope”. Translated with precision by Tareq Farrag, these poems serve as a bridge between the Euphrates and the Nile, between the “high and the low,” and between the silence of the dead and the songs of the living.

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Opening My Umbrella to Welcome You is a profound poetry collection by AHMED BAL HAMAR, Translated & Artworks by Ghadah Kamal. Published by Sulfur Editions in 2026, the book features 83 poetic and contemplative pieces that delve into the depths of the human soul to explore intricate themes of love, loss, and lingering memories. The author extensively employs elements of nature—such as relentless waves, fierce storms, and distant stars—to translate internal emotional and spiritual struggles. The book offers a unique perspective on vulnerability and human relationships; the poet notably declares that his umbrella is not opened to shield himself from the rain, but rather to embrace and welcome it. This literary work masterfully navigates the turbulent states of despair, liberation, and endless waiting, offering readers a rich tapestry of poignant metaphors and existential questions regarding time and absence.

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Selections from poems by the Egyptian poet Marwa Nabil, digging into philosophical caves that no one has dug into before. This is the poet’s first translated book.

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In this collection, you perceive, with a sharp and intense eye, clarity as precise as a lens, the humanization of inanimate objects and the deconstruction of the other’s entity as a puzzle.

A series of poems about a lost self, trembling and mad love, about the extremities of marginalized and visible emotions, expressed in a sharp and poignant language that feels like citrus—penetrating the half-closed box, compulsory psychosis, and excessive sleep, laying it all bare on the table of the present. This is the tongue and core of the new language; it envelops you in a fragrance-laden expression, a green invasion of a damaged and worn memory, from which entire chapters of life have fallen: silent conversations, a first love, a mother’s hand, long hair, and the smiles of strangers. In this collection, you believe that through poetry, you can see clearly and find new doors through the cracks of a treacherous and flawed memory, yet you cannot escape the language.

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Dans “Aux Heures du Crépuscule, Je T’Écris”, Ahmed Belhamr ne compose pas de simples vers ; il dresse la cartographie d’une absence qui a pris corps. Ce recueil est une descente vertigineuse dans l’anatomie du manque, là où le “Moi” et le “Lui” se livrent un duel silencieux sur les échiquiers du néant.

Ici, la logique ordinaire s’effondre pour laisser place à une réalité autre, presque terrifiante de lucidité : les ombres demandent la permission de partir, les pierres prennent la parole quand les lèvres se scellent, et le temps ne se mesure plus en heures, mais en brûlures. Belhamr écrit comme on incise une plaie pour s’assurer que le sang circule encore, transformant l’écriture en une addiction vitale, un poison nécessaire.

À travers une langue qui oscille entre la confession mystique et le délire lucide, le poète nous invite à visiter ses “lieux secrets”, ces étagères de la mémoire où s’entassent les fossiles d’un amour révolu. C’est une œuvre hantée, où le lecteur devient le témoin involontaire d’un procès sans verdict, d’une attente sans fin, et d’une résurrection qui n’aura lieu que dans l’encre.

Une poésie de la rupture radicale, où l’on marche sur sa propre ombre pour apprendre à exister seul.

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Children of the Limbo is far more than a mere assembly of stanzas; it represents a subterranean excavation into the soul’s most sequestered and jagged terrains. Ahmed Nabawy—rendered here with an evocative, lingering resonance by Dr. Salwa Gouda—navigates the spectral grey of the “limbo” with a master’s precision. This is a purgatorial expanse where the self hangs in a harrowing stasis, caught in the tension between the impulse to remember and the encroaching silence of erasure, between the ghost of a home and the grit of perpetual exile.

Nabawy’s voice pulls itself from this void with a profound, almost staggering ontological gravity. His imagery maps a visceral geography of existential tremors: we encounter birds that possess wings yet remain tragically tethered, and houses that seem to inhale and exhale with the weight of those no longer present. His protagonists—the displaced, the weathered elder, the mute child—flicker like embers of consciousness against a backdrop of overwhelming shadow. Under his gaze, the mundane is elevated to the level of myth; a discarded shoe or the shared breath of a cigarette is transformed into a monument to the sheer stubbornness of human endurance.

The collection stands as a triumph of elegiac surrealism. Nabawy moves with a fluid, haunting grace between the abrasive realities of a fractured life and a dreamlike state of metaphysical inquiry, constantly pulling at the threads of identity, temporality, and the ache of belonging. Children of the Limbo is a rare and luminous artifact—a definitive proof of the poet’s power to wring high beauty from the most unvarnished despair. It is essential reading for anyone seeking a voice that is as intellectually demanding as it is spiritually restorative; it is the quiet, thunderous echo of a humanity forever in transit.

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Welcome to the Bureau of Coincidences, where the clockwise spindle of reality is broken, and eternity waits in the winter garden. In A Bell Rang Inside My Hat, Jowonder orchestrates a masterful and kaleidoscopic collision between the mundane and the miraculous. This striking collection of avant-garde poetry completely dismantles the boundaries of time, logic, and domesticity, inviting the reader into a phantasmagoric landscape where the ordinary laws of the universe no longer apply. Divided into three evocative movements—The Infinity Jump, Love in a Smooth Garden, and The Gloved Hand of Eternity—the book serves as a portal into a deeply surreal alternate reality. Here, Jowonder crafts a world where rhinos keep diaries of existential longing, unicorns bleed temporal butterflies, and love takes the shape of hollow honey bee trees and microwaved sequined pyjamas. Jowonder’s poetic voice is a triumph of contemporary surrealism, weaving together dark whimsy, absurdism, and a profound, lingering melancholy. The imagery swings like an erratic pendulum between grand cosmic voyages across the stars and the quiet, uncanny oddities of a suburban kitchen or a lonely laundromat. A proud release by Sulfur Editions, A Bell Rang Inside My Hat is far more than a book of verses; it is a beautifully illustrated grimoire of the absurd. It challenges the rigid mechanics of our daily lives, urging us to step through the mirror, listen to the silent hum of the atoms, and find “home” in the beautiful, untamed chaos of the unknown. Brilliant, visual, and endlessly inventive, this collection is an essential artifact for travelers of the avant-garde.

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Le désir et l’impossible, deux questions qui ont toujours intéressé la littérature et la psychanalyse. Ces deux questions sont en jeu dans ce mémoire qui porte sur deux romans d’une auteure peu connue et peu étudiée, Antoinette Peské. L’œuvre de Peské s’inspire du romantisme noir du siècle précédent, en même temps qu’elle semble porteuse d’un savoir psychanalytique insu. En effet, Que cherches-tu ? et La Boîte en os évoquent, quoique d’une façon différente, le drame du désir, un drame qui nous rappelle celui de Hurlevent d’Emily Brontë ; où le désir et la mort se rencontrent et se révèlent indissociables. Si la mort est bel et bien présente dans les œuvres des deux romancières, ce mémoire propose d’envisager la mort en tant qu’elle est elle-même l’objet du désir. Le premier chapitre envisage de confronter le romantisme noir de Brontë au romantisme plus moderne de Peské, qui s’en inspire. Il s’agit alors d’examiner les métaphores noires du désir dans le cadre de la pulsion de mort qui se déchaine dans Hurlevent, Que cherches-tu ? et La Boîte en os, avec ses composantes sadomasochistes. Le deuxième chapitre porte plus spécifiquement sur l’objet insaisissable du désir, qui est traqué dans les deux romans de Peské, et qui conduit les protagonistes à la mort. À cet égard, nous aurons recours au cadre conceptuel qui entoure les objets a selon Lacan, en tant que négativité insaisissable, plus précisément, à l’objet a « regard » et l’objet a « rien ». Nous montrerons comment ces deux catégories d’objet a se trouvent aussi liées à la pulsion de mort. Finalement, le dernier chapitre est consacré à La Boîte en os, en tant que drame de l’impossible rencontre, l’impossible satisfaction du désir au moment de la possession de l’être aimé. À ce sujet, d’une part, plusieurs concepts seront convoqués tels que la jouissance, le fantasme et l’affirmation lacanienne du non-rapport sexuel. D’autre part, nous exposerons l’idéal de l’amour courtois que Lacan a évoqué comme suppléant à l’inexistence du rapport sexuel tout en l’opposant à la perversion qui domine le roman de Peské, aboutissant à la mort.

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This foundational volume presents the first comprehensive English-language excavation of Joyce’s life and work. Beyond mere biography, it is a genealogical hermeneutics of the imaginary that maps the terrain of a poet whose writing became an ontological refusal. Joyce, André Breton’s “Tuberose Baby Girl”, transfigured her Egyptian-Jewish lineage and subsequent political exile from Cairo into a radical poetic autonomy. Her language, forged in the crucible of loss and desire, is the grammar of dissent —a shattered syntax of erotic hysteria that violently unbinds sex, death, and humor from the Symbolic Order. Here, the body is not a muse but a battlefield, androgynous sovereignty. From her incandescent partnership with Breton to her transgressive collaborations with Matta, Alechinsky, and Hans Bellmer, Joyce forces poetry back into its carnal substratum. This book reveals her as a philosopher of modernity whose discourse is the wound, and whose final word, a glorious cry against boredom, illness, and the silence of the void, reconfigures the human condition itself. To enter her text is to affirm an irrecoverable truth: the modern soul is incurable, and that incurability is its deepest freedom.

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In 1936, Paul Valéry gave a lecture on Dance at the Université des Annales. He took the opportunity to pick up the reflection thread begun with Introduction à la méthode de Léonard de Vinci (1894) a youthful book that he nevertheless cared enough to publish again in 1919 with a new preface. This line of research, opened in 1894, and which aimed to elucidate the processes of intellectual creation, was more or less pursued in an underground way by Valéry throughout his life until the Cours de Poétique that he gave at the Collège de France from the end of 1937 until his death in 1945.

He comes to consider the process of artistic creation itself as the true work of art.

“All the arts are very varied forms of action and are analyzed in terms of action. […] you can then conceive of the creation of a work of art, a work of painting and sculpture, as a work of art itself. The material object which is shaped under the fingers of the artist being then nothing more than the pretext, the stage accessory, the subject of the ballet.” – Paul Valéry, Philosophie de la danse – P 38

But we will see that Valéry’s thought leads us to conclusions of an even broader scope…

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In a land that birthed religions and has been a cradle of faith since the dawn of time, the concept of God is anything but simple. Allah reveals a different face to the philosopher, the street vendor, the artist, and the politician? This book embarks on an audacious journey not through ancient scriptures or theological debates, but through the bustling streets, markets, and vibrant consciousness of modern Egypt. The author seeks “Allah in Egypt”—a unique, intimate, and often contradictory vision of the divine that lives in the hearts of its people. From the alleys of Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo to the ecstatic dhikr circles of the Sufis, from the intellectual salons of Tawfiq al-Hakim to the political hatred of the Muslim Brotherhood and how Egyptians rejected it, this book reveals a public relationship with religious concepts that is unlike any other—one defined by playful intimacy and hopeful expectation. Allah in Egypt is a daring and provocative portrait of a nation’s soul. It is not a book that offers easy answers but one that invites you to question everything you thought you knew about Egyptian faith, and the enduring human spirit in a land where the sacred is woven into the very fabric of life.

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From the crucible of human experience, Sulfur Editions and Atyaf Publishing House present a searing exploration into the twilight of an artistic luminary. This is a raw and unflinching excavation of the final days of Baligh Hamdi, the Egyptian composer whose melodies once pulsed through the heart of the Arab world. Ayman El Hakeem, with the precision of a pathologist and the sensitivity of a poet, dissects the complex anatomy of a life confronting its inevitable conclusion.“Revelations of the Final Days” is a philosophical journey into the ephemeral nature of fame, the corrosive touch of mortality, and the enduring resonance of art. We are confronted with the stark realities of physical decline, the weight of past triumphs, and the haunting echoes of melodies that will outlive their creator. This study delves into the psychological and emotional landscapes of Baligh’s final passage, laying bare the vulnerabilities and enduring strengths of a man whose life was inextricably intertwined with his music.

Through El Hakeem’s unflinching gaze, we witness the body’s decay and the spirit’s struggle. We are compelled to contemplate the profound questions that haunt us all: How does an artist, whose essence is woven into the intangible fabric of sound, confront the silencing of their own existence? What are the revelations that emerge from the crucible of finality?

Sulfur Editions and Atyaf Publishing House offer this book as a vital contribution to our understanding of the human condition, a critical exploration of legacy, loss, and the enduring power of art. It is an unflinching portrait of a life, a death, and the indelible mark left upon the world by a master of melody.

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Yasser Kansu’s Mo’s World: When Philosophers Kick the Ball is a dazzling and profoundly insightful journey that transcends the boundaries of sport, philosophy, and socio-political commentary. More than just a book about football, this is an intellectual expedition into the human condition, viewed through the electrifying prism of “the beautiful game.” Kansu ingeniously posits football as a universal stage where the grandest philosophical dilemmas of existence—identity, free will, collective action, victory, and defeat—are not merely debated, but vividly played out in real-time.

At its heart, Mo’s World invites readers to witness the transformation of the football pitch into a dynamic arena for thought experiments. Kansu draws rich parallels between the intricate strategies of the game and the complex theories of great thinkers, from the Stoics to existentialists, revealing how the movements of players, the roar of the crowd, and the ebb and flow of a match echo the timeless questions that have plagued humanity for centuries. Through the lens of iconic moments, legendary players, and fervent fan culture, the book dissects themes such as: How the singular brilliance of a star player must coalesce with the synchronized will of the team. The pursuit of victory, the acceptance of defeat, and the moral ambiguities within the rules of engagement. The tribalism of fandom, the national pride ignited by international tournaments, and the personal narratives forged on the field. The unpredictable nature of the game mirroring the chaotic essence of life itself, challenging notions of fate and free will. How football creates myths, heroes, and villains, shaping public consciousness and reflecting societal values. Kansu’s prose is as agile and incisive as a perfectly executed pass, moving effortlessly between the kinetic energy of a match and the serene depths of philosophical contemplation. He masterfully articulates how the physical act of “kicking the ball” can be a profound act of philosophical expression, a testament to human ingenuity, resilience, and the enduring quest for meaning.

For philosophers, sports enthusiasts, and anyone fascinated by the intricate dance between mind and body, individual and society, Mo’s World is an essential and exhilarating read. It will forever change the way you watch football, and perhaps, the way you view life itself.

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This is a profound meditation on the philosophy of discovery and the exorbitant emotional price of genius under the spotlight. Dr. Ahmed Al-Khamisi, son of the prodigious Egyptian man of letters Abdel Rahman El-Khamisi (The “Saint”), unveils his father’s long-suppressed account of discovering Su’aad Hosni (The “Cinderella”) in 1958. The Saint—a rebel poet and intellectual celebrated for his mythical altruism, who renounced wealth for the sake of the destitute —extends his hand to the Cinderella— an obscure, illiterate girl whose childhood was defined by precarity and a search for lost tranquility. This narrative transcends cinematic history to become a searing examination of the collision between formal education and innate talent. The book explores how raw, unpolished origins (such as Charlie Chaplin’s destitution or Hosni’s illiteracy) can forge a profound artistry that eclipses pedigree and academic titles. Cinderella, forged in the light of fame, ended her life in agonizing exile and probable suicide. The Saint, her discoverer, met a similar fate, dying alone far from his beloved Cairo. Was celebrity a necessary compensation for childhood deprivation, or merely a golden cage? Was it better for her to have remained in the anonymity of the “shadows”? El-Khamisi consciously chose to love Su’aad platonically, refusing to exploit her vulnerability. His act of discovery becomes a noble expression of human solidarity and an intellectual’s fierce commitment to lifting the marginalized, demonstrating that true mentorship is an act of pure, unstained giving. The Cinderella and the Saint is a haunting philosophical elegy to the anxiety beneath every cinematic smile, and a testimonial to the heroic efforts of cultural giants in fighting the “swamp” of commercialism. It is an essential read for anyone grappling with the ultimate tension between art, fame, and the elusive quest for peace.

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Women’s Bodies in the Qur’an represents a seminal epistemological intervention into Islamic feminist theology, focusing specifically on the hermeneutics of the female form within the Qur’anic corpus. This treatise meticulously uncouples the divine text from centuries of monolithic patriarchal exegesis, which, the author argues, has historically mutated original linguistic semantics into mechanisms of somatic and socio-political control. Employing a rigorous, multi-disciplinary apparatus— synthesizing modern linguistics, psycholinguistics, and Sartrean existential phenomenology—Shuaib deconstructs central theological tenets that construct Muslim female identity.

Across eight complex chapters, the text enacts profound exegesis of contested terms, including Qawwam (Guardianship), Zinah (Adornment), Hijab (The Veil), Fitnah (Seduction), and ‘Awrah (Nakedness). The overarching thesis posits that traditionalist interpretations have systematically enacted an objectifying reduction of women, prioritizing the somatic “exterior” (Being-in-itself) over the agentic, intellectual “interior” (Being-for-itself). By interrogating the historical and psychological anxieties underpinning classical commentaries, the work champions a liberating, counter-hegemonic hermeneutic. Women’s Bodies in the Qur’an is indispensable for scholars of Critical Islamic Theory, Gender Studies, and Philosophy, redefining the boundaries of legitimate scriptural analysis.

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This book represents a unique study of rap music, its origins, development, relationships, and clashes between musical and social circles, as well as the revolution and cultural institutions. It also deals with the most important rap stars, their personal stories and creativity, the isolation of some of them, and the steadfastness of others, hoping, as researcher Sayed Abdul Hamid says, to change people’s mentality about a new musical style, calling on readers to hold on to everything that is real within them and to abandon everything that does not resemble them or represent them.

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For decades, the world was mesmerized by the sequins, the moonwalk, and the sheer audacity of Michael Jackson’s artistry. But behind the glamorous mask of racial triumph, Gehad El Denary pulls back the curtain to reveal a chilling and provocative truth: that the King of Pop was not just a symbol of success, but the ultimate and most tragic victim of the American Dream.

This is not another biography. It is a crime investigation of fame, a system that accepts genius only when it’s a profitable asset. Gehad El Denary meticulously deconstructs the mechanisms that built, commodified, and ultimately broke a man. He explores the ruthless racial politics that accept black art only as a commercial machine for white profits, the calculated orchestration of smears, and the horrifying isolation that defined Michael’s life, from his manufactured Jackson 5 childhood to his funeral-as-a-final-debt-repayment scheme.

Gehad El Denary demands to know how. With razor-sharp analysis and compelling evidence, ‘The American Illusion’ is an exposé on how race, capitalism, and the machinery of fame can combine to devour even the most formidable genius. It asks the definitive, haunting a question: Who really killed Michael Jackson?

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This anthology brings together selected translated poems by seven contemporary Romanian poets who reside in or were born in or near the Bukovina region, in northeastern Romania. The close ties uniting these poets extend beyond geography to encompass shared poetic themes, their visions of Ars Poetica, their membership in the Zidul de Hârtie (“Paper Wall” or “Fortress”) group—to which five of them belong—and, last but not least, a deep friendship. This is further supported by a rich shared history over the past two decades, during which they jointly organized or participated in numerous poetry events, festivals, and literary residencies.

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What if Eros awakened from the midst of your cities and declared these cities under his rule? The simple/apparent/socially tamed sexual act varies about eroticism; The former is to be found in animal life, while human life contains a hidden activity and a well-defined space that perhaps bears an “esoteric” aspect, aptly described by the word eroticism.

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L’objectif du premier numéro de The Room était de semer les graines d’une tempête surréaliste en Afrique. L’ampleur de cette tempête nous a cependant pris par surprise : elle est devenue un tsunami dans tout le Moyen-Orient. Cela nous a encouragés à développer davantage cette méga tempête et à la laisser se propager dans les forêts fourchues et les gigantesques jungles florissantes. Depuis les premiers stades de l’évolution humaine sur cette planète jusqu’à sa forme biologique actuelle, retracer les étapes du développement de ses capacités imaginatives et linguistiques a toujours été un énorme défi.

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A groundbreaking international literary journal is slated for release, poised to redefine the landscape of modern poetry. Bringing together brilliant, uncompromising voices from every continent, this upcoming publication offers an unprecedented, panoramic view of the global prose poem, capturing the exact pulse of contemporary literary movements worldwide.

This initiative transcends geographical boundaries and linguistic barriers. It serves as a definitive platform for the myriad aesthetics of the prose poem— showcasing everything from surrealist and Dadaist experiments to hyper-realistic narratives and visionary avant-garde forms. By curating exclusive texts and masterful translations from leading and emerging poets across the globe, the journal presents a complete, unvarnished cross-section of where the prose poem stands today, and where it is heading tomorrow.

• Curated works from international poets, creating a unified yet wildly diverse conversation on the human condition.
• A comprehensive exploration of all current trends, schools, and philosophies driving the modern prose poem.
• A meticulous editorial design that treats the page as a canvas, respecting the profound visual weight of the prose poem.

Designed for a truly worldwide readership, the magazine will be universally accessible upon launch. It will be distributed globally across all international markets, available in premium, high-quality physical printed editions as well as all major digital formats. Whether you are a collector of physical literary journals or a digital reader, this monumental release will be instantly available in your preferred format, anywhere in the world.

Stay tuned for the official launch date. The global prose poem is about to speak with one unified, resonant voice.

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This book follows the collection L’Eau dans L’eau published in 2009. It brings together the poems written from that date until the end of 2024.

The principles implemented remain essentially the same: collection and progressive accumulation of shards of texts of semi-conscious or dreamlike nocturnal origin, assembly of the images contained in these fragments in the manner of visual collages, identification of poetic lines of force and possible addition of complementary images; finally, smoothing of the composition by means of the necessary or useful syntactic deformations.

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Ce livre fait suite au recueil L’Eau dans L’eau paru en 2009. Il rassemble les poèmes écrits depuis cette date jusqu’à fin 2024.

Les principes mis en œuvre restent sensiblement les mêmes : recueil et accumulation progressive d’éclats de textes d’origine nocturne semi-consciente ou onirique, assemblage des images contenues dans ces fragments à la manière des collages visuels, identification de lignes de force poétiques et ajout éventuel d’images complémentaires et enfin, lissage de la composition au moyen des déformations syntaxiques nécessaires ou utiles.

Summary · Español

Ante un mundo que colapsa en forma y materia, ya sea por la guerra o la putrefacción moral perpetuada en la injusticia, aparece Honidi IV.

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Faced with a world that collapses in form and matter, whether due to war or moral rot perpetuated in injustice, Honidi IV appears.

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Face à un monde qui s’effondre dans la forme et la matière, que ce soit à cause de la guerre ou de la pourriture morale perpétuée dans l’injustice, Honidi IV apparaît.

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Honidi III quiere recuperar el éxtasis, el estado puro de la lucidez vital. Los artistas en esta edición son los alquimistas convocados para desarrollar el lenguaje de lo maravilloso. Situados en el verbo visual del surrealismo.

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Honidi III wants to recover ecstasy, the pure state of vital lucidity. The artists in this edition are the alchemists summoned to develop the language of the marvelous. Situated in the visual verb of surrealism.

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Honidi III veut retrouver l’extase, l’état pur de lucidité vitale. Les artistes de cette édition sont les alchimistes appelés à développer le langage du merveilleux. Situé dans le verbe visuel du surréalisme.

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This book brings together the textual contributions made on the occasion of the International Surrealist Exhibition in Cairo in February 2022. This exhibition brought together contributors from many countries in Europe, North America and South America, and most particularly from the Middle East and North Africa.

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Ce livre rassemble les contributions textuelles réalisées à l’occasion de l’Exposition Surréaliste Internationale du Caire de Février 2022. Cette exposition a rassemblé des contributeurs de très nombreux pays d’Europe, d’Amérique de Nord et d’Amérique du Sud et notamment du Moyen Orient et d’Afrique du Nord.

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Este libro reúne las contribuciones textuales realizadas con motivo de la Exposición Internacional Surrealista en El Cairo en febrero de 2022. Esta exposición reunió a colaboradores de muchos países de Europa, América del Norte y América del Sur, y en particular de Oriente Medio y el Norte de África.

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En la edición del segundo número de Honidi Magazine, volvemos a desafiar a la muerte y al des-amor hasta lograr la lógica del absurdo. Absurdo evocado en esta colección de obras que intentan dialogar con el observador y sus autores mediante la precipitación onírica.

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In the edition of the second issue of Honidi Magazine, we once again defy death and lack of love until we achieve the logic of the absurd. Absurdity evoked in this collection of works that attempt to dialogue with the observer and their authors through dreamlike precipitation.

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Dans l’édition du deuxième numéro de Honidi Magazine, nous défions une fois de plus la mort et le manque d’amour jusqu’à la logique de l’absurde. Absurdité évoquée dans cette collection d’œuvres qui tentent de dialoguer avec l’observateur et leurs auteurs par une précipitation onirique.

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يقدم هذا الكتاب نظرة عامة باللغة العربية على أهم الموضوعات التي تم تطويرها في سلسلة من 5 كتب ثنائية اللغة (الإنجليزية والفرنسية) والتي تم نشرها سابقًا بواسطة La Belle Inutile Editions. حيث يتناول الظهور البطيء، أثناء التطور البيولوجي، لهاتين الخاصيتين الأساسيتين للحياة: الخيال من ناحية والتمثيل الحسي من ناحية أخرى، ويستكشف الدور الذي ربما لعبته هاتان السمتان المؤسستان للفن والعواطف الجمالية منذ التطور البطيء للمجتمعات غير المتكافئة منذ العصر الحجري القديم / الأعلى. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، في فصلين آخرين، هناك محاولة لتوسيع المفهوم الضيق للغاية للاوعي الذي طوره فرويد منذ أكثر من قرن مضى، من خلال توسيع مجال الملاحظات ليشمل مجالين آخرين: اللاوعي الإيمائي (الذاكرة الإجرائية اللاواعية) واللاوعي الإبداعي لعلماء الرياضيات. وأخيرًا، هناك ثلاثة فصول أخرى، تقترح بعض المهام التاريخية التي يمكن أن تقدمها السريالية في القرن الحادي والعشرين إذا كانت على استعداد لمراعاة المجالات الجديدة للتجربة والعمل التي وفرها التطور الأخير للعلوم والتقنيات من ناحية، و الأزمة البيئية الحالية المفروضة على الجميع من ناحية أخرى.

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This book is a collection of texts published here and there on the web or unpublished, written randomly from daily conversations. However, the thought does not disperse there and the reader will find again the main themes developed in previous books, but approached here from different angles. The objective remains, here as elsewhere, to open Surrealism on issues of the current era by proposing, for example, a genealogy of Representation. One will also find some corrections of ordinary journalistic vulgarities about “Artificial Intelligence” and “Algorithms”, to which an educated, but not very inquisitive public surprisingly seems to give credit.

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This book, these images, were born from a symbiotic experimentation of a few weeks with an artificial intelligence device. From which it should not be concluded that they owe their luxuriance solely to the artificial imagination. Let those who believe so much in the virtues of machines take the trouble to try it out for a few hours or a few days, before coming to loudly proclaim some false conclusion.

Without the talent of the artist, how could an innocent machine know how, at times, to revive in us some of our ancestral terrors? How could it speak in such a suave and convincing voice to the very subtle twists and desires of our unconscious?

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Images is a collection of surrealist poetry composed primarily of dreams. Raphael Simons is a surrealist poet, hypnotherapist, and practitioner of psychic arts. To find out more go to raphael-simons.com

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Etymologically, “rational” derives from the Latin “ratio”, relating to calculation. The word calculation recalls an ancient practice of handling small pebbles. Rational thought is a thought that calculates. A computer rationally performs all the calculations one wants – logical calculations included. Should we think that it thinks? Descartes in Règles pour la Direction de l’Esprit does not think this way. On closer inspection, his Method is rather a way to organize findings of the imagination.

Genius – that of Descartes included – is an incomparable encounter. It wanders, but it finds, and suddenly revolutionizes entire semantic fields. Like Darwinian pre-adaptations at work in biological evolution, genius creates, in one single move, both the solution and its problem. Imagination does not come from Heavens, but is rooted in Evolution. The work of 3 Nobel Prize winners on the spatial imagination of mice (2014) and two other Nobel Prize winners on adaptive immunity (1972 and 1987) provide an idea of some of the mechanisms implemented by living beings.

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The last pages of the Premier Manifeste du Surréalisme (1924) consider the real functioning of human thought in its unity. The living sources of scientific thought appear in these pages as having the same origin as those of all other creative thought. Chapter 3 entitled L’invention Mathématique of Henri Poincaré’s book Science et Méthode in no way contradicts this view, but on the contrary anticipates it, since it is a lecture delivered by Poincaré in 1908, which emphasized the central role of the unconscious and analogy in mathematical creation. More than one century later, Alexandre Grothendieck’s autobiography highlights the role of dreams in his own invention process and reinforces Poincaré’s reflections. These two immense mathematicians hence contradict the rationalist ideology according to which “rationalist thought” is in itself creative.

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We do not perceive the world, but, most of the time, the representations that our brain elaborates. In What is Life (1944), Erwin Schrödinger notes that, only when our representations and our perceptions (at first unconscious) diverge, is our attention awaken by this incoherence, and tries to resolve it. The sciences of the mind allowed to validate this scheme. The pre-eminence of representations over perceptions is heavily reinforced by the mechanisms of exchange which imply the agreement of the parties on the equivalence of the objects exchanged. This is only possible if the parties agree on blinding themselves as to the nature of these objects, on reducing them to the status of conventions required for the exchange, and on abstracting them from the relations and processes, in which they are however really intricated with the rest of the world. This reduction of things – and beyond, of the world itself – to the fictional role they play in exchange is not without ecological consequences.

Art and poetry, on the contrary, emphasize perception, attempting to capture forms in their emergence and fluidity before they fossilize into representations.

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This book is built on the results of a game based on assigning each of the participants one letter of the Alphabet, which they could graphically interpret as they wished and by the process of their choice – digital or otherwise. The idea was not to create a new typeface, but rather, for each letter, to get an interesting image containing a clearly visible alphabet letter.

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This issue 3 of Lithaire presents in full color and along 184 pages, Artists (mostly digital, but not only), Poets and Writers from the USA, France, Italy, England, Germany, and also, for the first time, from Egypt, Syria and Algeria.

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English texts, French translations of English texts and French texts.

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The Rag Song manifests the poet, Ossama Farahat, as the translator of his own poems written in Arabic Egyptian into another language, English in this case, without losing the essence of the poetry in both languages.

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A book of poems and collages by Ghadah Kamal Ahmed and Mohsen Elbelasy (Egypt) plus collective poems of their friends. Poems in English, French and Spanish.

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Somnium Digitale 2 is Zazie’s second picture book, with poems and texts by Alice Massénat, Dale Houstman, J. Karl Bogartte, Zazie and Pierre Petiot and an interview with Zazie by Mohsen Elbelasy. Zazie’s work is fascinating in that it offers to both eye and thought an ever changing vision and is never restricted by any particular tool or style.

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5 years of surrealist digital artworks by Zazie, with texts by Karl J. Bogartte, Pierre Petiot, Jean-Pierre Depetris, Francine Laugier, Willem den Broeder. Content: Original and copy, Beyond Intuition, Mysterious Encounters, Cities, Mouvement, Digital Romantism, Inconceivable, Nocturnal Games, Horizons, Stamps (First published in 2013)

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Loom is an experimental and purely non-linear sequence of prose poems by a surrealist poet and visual artist exploring the imagination. Less a collection of fragments than one of precise moments, however paradoxical, however seemingly playful and irresponsible.

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Jardin de Nuit est un livre d’Art et de Poésie qui présente en 184 pages d’images et de poèmes, une liberté et une douceur amoureuses jusqu’ici plus fréquemment rencontrées dans la vie réelle que dans les livres et où, sans pourtant rien s’interdire, l’on s’attache essentiellement aux subtilités et aux délicatesses de l’expérience amoureuse. On espère y contribuer à convaincre le lecteur que s’il existe quelque réalisme que ce soit en une matière si merveilleuse, on peut être certain qu’il n’est pas photographique.

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Prose poetry, surrealist poetics by J. Karl Bogartte. Artist and poet connected to international surrealism for almost 40 years. A book of poetic paragraphs, fragments of non-linear thought processes that defy normal explication, and seek the unknown aspects of the mind. Almost a violence of clarity in denunciation of ordinary aspects of reality…

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Poetry using an abecedarius; is a special type of acrostic in which the first letter of every word,strophe or verse follows the order of the letters in the alphabet. Using the method of Aabecedarius, where presented with the entire alphabet from A to Z, and then given free reign to offer words to add a word for each letter of the alphabet, allows the unconscious mind brought into play. Whether poetry-driven or prose-driven the associations conjure up some interesting connections.

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Surrealist poetry collection (translated from English to French), with black humor observations on existence.

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Prose poetry, poetic fragments, aphorisms, as a manner of writing by J. Karl Bogarte, in automatic and semi-automatic exploration. Psychological, alchemical, mythological interruptions to suspend everyday reality, in search of the marvelous, where the real and the imaginary cease to be perceived as contradiction. Bogartte has been involved with international surrealism for more than 40 years, as both a poet and visual artist.

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Ribitch was a surrealist, artist, poet, photographer, and storyteller. For the first time ever his complete writings have been collected in two volumes, a project he started and his friends and family finished. This 2 volume collection encompass 50 years of his creative expression.

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Ribitch was a surrealist, artist, poet, photographer, and storyteller. For the first time ever his complete writings have been collected in two volumes, a project he started and his friends and family finished. This 2 volume collection encompass 50 years of his creative expression.

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Series of photographic images using Altered Lithographic method. Automatism is the doorway, delving into the psyche rich with fertile imaginings…

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What images germinate between the real and the imaginary? And Still The Navigators… is a book-length random sequence of prose poems/aphorisms that explore the sense of a deeper space, a primal fascination with language to the point of unsettling discovery. Situated between exterior and interior, and often blending into a metamorphic landscape for a more inclusive reality. “Grace is the art of luring ravenous dogs into a state of springtime.”

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Mythologies is a book of mysterious transformations, between the real and the imaginary. A contemporary surrealism, steeped in myth and the marvelous, to reveal what is only glimpsed in dreams. These images are the result of a descent into the unknown domain of a purely automatic exploration. Images that are inspired by the occult, alchemy, magic and sexuality joined in the always intoxicating realm of the Royal Art of the alchemical wedding. With Introduction and Preface by Leon Marvel and Jon E. Graham.

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A series of photo montages based upon x-rays of my hand; the jumping off point where the free play of imagery and the pathways of chance meet in the pursuit of the marvelous…

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Excursions into the unconscious mind, seeking new paths, new revelations, the marvelous! A series of collages herewith rising to the occasion to open the doors to the unexpected…

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A surrealist novella, in 22 chapters, as a vague analogy to the 22 cards of the Major Arcanum of the Tarot, but more related to an unsolvable mystery. Recorded in the midst of exploration of that “vantage point” in the mind where the real and the imaginary “cease to be perceived as contradiction.”

English and French texts, side by side, with an afterword by the translator, Jean-Pierre Depetris.

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A collection of writings; theoretics, poetry, methodology…

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Superimpositions are created with randomly overprinting images on top of existing printed images, selected from print sources including magazines. Using the principles of Automatism, images are randomly selected without forethought before overprinting.

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Poetic prose. Surrealism. Exploration of language in semi-automatic writing.

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A sequence of poetic fragments, unexpected gestures of consciousness. These notes are the “visible invisibilities” of sudden confrontations between what language can clarify and what it cannot, when the mind confronts itself through the imagination… when the imagination forms the body of many dimensions coming together at the point of no return. “And your veins filled with panther dust.”

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Almanac of the international surrealist movement, with more than 170 contributors from 25 countries. Essays, poems, images, manifestoes, a debate on surrealist editions, chronology of 50 years of surrealism 1964-2014.

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Quelques nouvelles récentes de la mort de Dieu ou des traces persistantes de son insidieuse présence en six textes 1. De la nécessaire simplicité de Dieu (P. Petiot) ; 2. Dieu est mort, mais lequel ? (J-P. Depétris) ; 3. L’intérêt comme religion (P. Petiot) ; 4. Labyrinthe de l’arc-en-ciel(G. Girard) ; 5. Le sexe et le Bon Dieu (C-L. Cauët) ; 6. Jarnidieu (A. Fernandes). Accompagnés d’images de Bernard Dumaine, Richard Misiano-Genovese, Pierre-André Sauvageot et Zazie.

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Recueil d’images, poèmes et textes de Bernard Dumaine, Claude-Lucien Cauët, Guy Girard, Jean-Pierre Depétris, Ody Saban, Pierre Petiot, Thomas Mordant, Zazie.

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A sequence of surrealist inspired prose poems, analogous to alchemical and occult explorations in alternate realities. Fragmentary glimpses of magical states of being, and descriptions of an identity, someone, a person existing outside of recommended cultural standards. Language as movement, mirroring an object of desire. New experiments in the poetic prose poem…

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“This second issue of Hydrolith is a continuation of what the first volume started, which was and is to assemble a stimulating selection of exclusively recent work by groups and individuals of the international Surrealist movement, to facilitate intellectual exchange and collaboration, enabling us to concentrate the echoes of our commonalities as well as the shadows of our differences. In so doing, this volume aspires to reduce all manner of distances that exist between us. All works in this book are in English, while many of them are translations from the Dutch, French, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Turkish languages.” (From the Preface, p. 7)

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A collaboration between two masters – of word and image, brought together in the blinding light of desire, and chance; the meeting of eros and thought with random frenzy. Nocturnal emissions of blinding light – in red and in green. (108 pgs., 27 color photographs; English & Portuguese languages)

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Un collectif surréaliste, une revue internationale - sous la direction de “La Belle Inutile” groupe; amis multinationales d’Europe, d’Amérique du Nord et Amérique du Sud. Poésie, des essais, de l’art et de la photographie. (Langue française et autres)

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A surrealist collective, an international periodical – under the direction of the “La Belle Inutile” group; multinational friends from Europe, North America and South America. Poetry, essays, art & photography. (English language & other)

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A collection of dozens, these maxims span the 1990’s through to the present day. Spontaneous, irreverent and thought-provoking in nature, these “truisms” offer another perspective on the Human Condition.

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Various texts and notes over a period spanning 1988-2011… the act of making an image, whether drawn, painted, assembled, captures by photographic or any other means, gives the opportunity to present ideas, desires and a look into thought processes in the act of creation, and the aftermath of the resultant imagery.

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Following in the traditions and legacies of the surrealists, this newest collection of prose poems celebrate both love and conspiracy, eroticism and revolt in the ferment of a dialectical forge.

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Surrealism in North America has a fractured history, with several arcs of continuity. Here is the story of one collective that evolves in five cities through various groups over four decades. Volume I charts its course from 1971 through 1985. Volume II continues to the present. Included throughout are works by Schlechter Duvall, C. Brooke Rothwell, Ira Cohen, Will Alexander, Alice Farley, Jack Dauben, Mike Kabotie, Richard Waara, Terri Engel, Jon Graham and many more. This history also represents the relationships between younger surrealists in North America with older surrealists such as Clarence John Laughlin, Eugenio Granell, Philip Lamantia, Mario Cesariny, Marie Wilson, Radovan Ivsic and Annie Le Brun. Essential to understanding the fate of surrealism in North America, this history has now found its voice and compass, just beyond the limits set by the past… Enter and leave as you please…

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Surrealism in North America has a fractured history, with several arcs of continuity. Here is the story of one collective that evolves in five cities through various groups over four decades. Poets, artists, dance theater and theatre creators, photographers, composers, sculptors, inventors, critics, and seekers – friends and colleagues all – their oeuvres and interventions track their effort to refine a revolutionary poetic presence precise to time and place: a living adaptive force that flowers from marvelous encounters, discoveries, and collaborations. Essential to understanding the fate of surrealism in North America, this history has now found its voice and compass, just beyond the limits set by the past. Richly illustrated, with texts, poems, games, and commentary… Enter and leave as you please…

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Between dream and hallucination, the Carnival of Sleep opens its tent for the unwary somnambulist. Ribitch’s prose and poetry are sometimes dark and humorous, sometimes sublime lamentations of erotic beauty and deeply surrealist in storytelling. They are like ruptured blood vessels, gushing forth a spray of blood droplets, each bearing a different face. Illustrations by the Author.

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13 Poems by Daniel C. Boyer. Cover and Illustrations by Richard Misiano-Genovese.

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“Dreamwhite” is a series of images selected from a photographic odyssey spanning over four years time. It is a fluid, free-form experience in which the only constant was the abreaction theatre, the drama-play, the silent dialogue between photographer and model. The meaning you find shall be your own. The work speaks for itself.

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“The diamond in the viscera cries out and weeps for time unleashed the folly wrought with perfidy whose covenant is broken…” In a flash of aramaic characters transformed into mere alphabet, alpha… beta… words and thoughts alight as a wild brushfire in the darker arena of the limbic region of the brain where dreams take wing; the alchemy of emotion, the turbulent desires that follow. Can it merely be a poem in five cantos?

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The investigations, perceptions and discussions regarding spontaneous performances and the ramifications that followed.

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Surrealism and its affinities magazine publication. Writing, art, Richard Misiano-Genovese.

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Il y a des quantités de façons de voir, et certainement pas une bonne et des mauvaises. Celle-ci a la particularité d’ouvrir la porte aux autres.

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This book brings together in one volume some of the most exciting recent work from the international surrealist movement. With over 80 contributors from 17 countries around the world, the book contains drawings, paintings, games, comics, photographs, poetry, prose, theoretical and political writings on a huge variety of subjects, including special in-depth investigations of music, space and myth. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the surrealist movement today.

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Following The Wolf House, Secret Games is Book II in the ongoing series of prose poems exploring the sense of the marvelous mating of science and erotic metamorphosis as a form of landscape in which the real becomes imaginary, and forces itself into visible nature.

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À l’origine, le « monde flottant » était un terme bouddhiste désignant le monde éphémère de la vie de tous les jours… La montée de ce genre nouveau coïncida avec la révolution due à l’impression et à toutes ses techniques. Initialement, les estampes étaient reproduites en noir et parfois colorées à la main.

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Prose poems written every morning over the space of a year, these “dream-like notations” are further meditations on the raw nature of reality as it reforms itself every morning upon awakening from dreams. These are communications, grand exhortations, dark and magical confrontations with consciousness:

This version also contains the Notebook of the Wolf House.

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D’une façon générale, quand on entend le verset d’un autre, ce que l’on y trouve est très différent selon ce que l’on sait ou ce que l’on ignore. (Traités de poétique de Bâshô)

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Un roman-feuilleton philosophique, un journal de voyage en ligne au cœur de l’Asie centrale.

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Quelques rêveries, pour la plupart nocturnes et d’ailleurs, pour l’essentiel écrites les yeux fermés de 1973 à 2008. Avec 21 images de Zazie.

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D’où viennent les Lumières ? D’où viennent les idées justes ? Comment peut-on être Persan ? Connaissons-nous le monde par les données des sens ou par les produits de l’esprit ? Pourquoi la science moderne a-t-elle privilégié l’abduction sur la déduction et l’induction ? Dieu sait-il compter ?

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Suite des voyages à Bolgobol, un roman-feuilleton philosophique, un journal de voyage en ligne.

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Un journal de voyage en ligne, un roman-feuilleton philosophique.

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The Somnambulist Footprints is the result of a collective project in which several contemporary surrealists and fellow travelers wrote short stories according to their own interests and imperatives, based on their common desire to subvert the very foundations of conventional reality, both on the written page and – more importantly – beyond it, in the open space of consciousness.

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Excavations are collages made using a method developed in 1985 by Richard Misiano-Genovese, in which pictures or images are glued together in layers, and then a layer or layers are ripped in places, revealing the underlying image.