In Jewish folklore, a dybbuk is a disembodied spirit that possesses a human host. Women with mental health conditions were often said to be possessed by dybbuks.
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Write Paris Out of the Pictures
Tel Aviv’s face wears a makeup of ash. Dust climbs every eyelash. In the open face of light women hide like spiders in a well (I am not well, I […]
The Summer Returns Home
By Lee Young-ju and Jae Kim
The knife has been in the back pockets of strangers. The forest, full, used a sharp leaf to cut across the summer’s face. The strangers’ teeth were black, and the […]
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