On Kickstarter, 159 readers have already pledged $4,549 to help support the Afghanistan issue of Words without Borders. The literary journal hopes to secure $7,000 for the upcoming issue.
Here’s more about the project: “Words without Borders, a 501(c)3 dedicated to the translation, publication, and promotion of literature in translation, would like to publish an issue of contemporary writing from Afghanistan in May 2011. This will be our first issue dedicated to Afghanistan, and we believe it issue will shed crucial light on the peoples and culture of Afghanistan. Words without Borders will be commissioning translations from both the Pashto and Dari.”
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