Selections of poems and fiction, sampling the richness and variety of the hundreds of authors in the issues. Plus a chance to hear and see a few of the authors in performance.
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Selections
Selected Issue: Banipal 1, February 1998
FICTION
POETRY
INTERVIEWS

It just grabbed me, this magic of words, of music
Sargon Boulus had the rare experience of being an Arab poet who was part of the American poetry scene since he arrived there in late 1960s. This interview with him by Banipal's then editor Margaret Obank appeared in the first issue of Banipal magazine, February 1998.