SAND Journal 18

Based in Berlin, SAND is a nonprofit literary journal published twice a year by a team from the city’s international community. Featuring work by writers, translators, and artists from around the world, SAND seeks out fresh and underrepresented perspectives.

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Family issues.

Issue 18 has a new expanded format. The 144 pages of writing and art embark on a search for ancestral meaning that takes us from a remote Philippine island to a cavern on the Caribbean coast, with stops in rural China, Sudan, Brazil, and California. The cover artist, Elina Bergmark Wiberg, sculpts elastic objects that engage with agrarian traditions and modern materials: “Still Life with Grapes” combines silicone with lentils.

FEATURING

Tarek Sebastian Al-Shammaa, Elizabeth Allen, Guilherme Bergamini, Elina Bergmark Wiberg, Shanita Bigelow, Ekaterina Costa, Travis Dahlke, Lawdenmarc Decamora, Genevieve DeGuzman, Logan February, Federico Federici, Anne Gorrick, Joan Hawkins, MC Hyland, Shayma Idris, Maren Kames, Šime Knežević, C.M. Lindley, Wendy Lotterman, Alex Luke, Alex Marsh, Blessing Musariri, Tolu Oloruntoba, Eugene Ostashevsky, Sarah Payne, Robyn Maree Pickens, Bradley Schmidt, Alexis Smiley Smith, Donna Stonecipher, Jeremy Tiang, Ollie Tong, José Trejo-Maya, Jason Wee, Matvei Yankelevich, Zou Jingzhi

COVER ARTWORK

„Still Life with Grapes,“ Elina Bergmark Wiberg, 2017, mixed media including silicone, soap, and legumes

DESIGN BY

Bárbara Fonseca