#continentalliterarymag

Fiction
Biography of a Black-and-White Lamb by Tomáš Zmeškal

A short story in which Thomas Zmeskal explores the essentially racist, exclusive nature of narratives of national identity in Central Europe.

Non-Fiction
Cold War 2.0 by Sándor Jászberényi

Noam Chomsky shares his thoughts on the tensions which have shaped world over the past half-century and offers a grim diagnosis of our preparedness for the conflicts of the future.

Non-Fiction
I’m Here, I’m Disabled, Get Used To It by Judith Newman

Judith Newman writes on the next chapter in the fight against ableism as the disabled assert their rights as equal citizens, including equal sexual citizens.

Fiction
In Front of the Mirror by Marek Vadas

This short story by Marek Vadas offers a portrait of a town which is unable to confront its complicity in crimes of the past or crimes of the present.

Fiction
[1945] by László Szilasi

In Hungarian writer László Szilasi’s excerpt, Doctor Tardits returns to the village from Auschwitz, but what remains of his life there? Or who has occupied it since?

Poetry
Heritage by Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkało

Polish poet Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkalo touches in her poetry on racism, identity, belonging, exclusion, and the ever-present danger of fascism.

Fiction
The Polyglot Pub Key by Hász Róbert

Hungarian writer Róbert Hász recounts tales of his family home, a former pub in the multicultural province of Vojvodina, in modern-day Serbia.

Poetry
Like a White Airship by Mila Haugová

Poem by Mila Haugová which touch on exclusion, compassion, the passing of time, and the consequences of the suspension of life because of Corona virus.

Fiction
Whiter than white by Hubert Klimko-Dobrzaniecki

A troubling short story by Hubert Klimko-Dobrzaniecki which uses skin color as a way of exploring the traumas of life under a dictatorship propped up by propaganda.