Gobshite Quarterly 2023, #41/42: 20th. anniversary issue -- Ursula K. Le Guin

<p>Fuentes Winner <strong>Luisa Valenzuela</strong> nails mother-daughter dynamic.<strong> Award Winner Ursula K. Le Guin</strong> reveals benefits of preaching to the choir. <strong>Mahmoud Darwish</strong> explores states of siege. <strong>Julie Busi</strong><strong>c </strong>reminds us wars reverberate long after the shooting's stopped. </p><p><strong>New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler</strong> visits Occupy Wall St. & survives the day. Portland chronicler <strong>Jennifer Robin</strong> travels Portland's neofeudal Public Transport, & survives the night. <strong>Melanie Alldritt </strong>looks at looking at looking at that girl's hair in an infinite loop. Portland tr.<strong> OR. Book Award Finalist Matthew Robinson</strong> writes a timelapse Western history. </p><p>From further afield we've cartoons from director & illustrator <strong>Liz Swados</strong>, & Lithuanian Holocaust scholar <strong>Migle Anusauskaite</strong>;<strong> </strong>Cristina Álvarez Lopez runs with Keith Jarrett; Croatian writer <strong>Josip Razum</strong> shows a man, his wife, his family & a painting; Danish <strong>Birgit Munch</strong> describes peculiar disownments; <strong>Vénus Khoury-Ghata</strong>, tr. by <strong>Marilyn Hacker</strong>, reveals a secret prehistory of words. Oz poet <strong>Les Murray</strong> offers precise perceptions & Swiss author<strong> Christoph Keller</strong> recalls Murray's kindness; Croatian <strong>Armin Harambasic</strong> shows all of life, waiting at