The works in this issue extend from Rabat to Aleppo to Baghdad to al-Qunfudhah, suggesting an interconnected map both real and metaphorical. There is a strong spiritual road in this issue. Wafik Khansa's "The Hadith is Written" reclaims the hadith as a literary genre, although it probably should not be read without a Frostian sense of irony.

SamUrAi by Sam Reichman + Ai Isshiki, released 18 November 2017 1. blue 2. clearing 3. come closer 4. silence of anger 5. night is 6. narrative 7. moon 8.

Opening Night at Artefix New York (Performance, Spoken Word with Music): Collaboration with Ai Isshiki

Clip from live performance at Artefix New York

Poetry and visual art by Sam Reichman
Music by Ai Isshiki

Artefix New York is a venue for comedy, music, visual art, and performing arts. Visit it at:
38-02 61st Street Woodside, NY 11377

Toscana Dance HUB Fundraiser (Performance, Spoken Word with Music and Dance): Collaboration with Ai Isshiki, Giada Ferrone, and Daniele and Martina

“S.A.R.A.H.” (Performance, Spoken Word with Music, Dance, and Visual Art): Collaboration with Sarah MacKenzie, Mirela Amaral, Ai Isshiki, and Yao Wang

From "S.A.R.A.H."
Performed and recorded at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, May 2016

Choreography, video by Mirela Amaral
Dance by Sarah Mackenzie
Music by Ai Isshiki
Poetry and performance by Sam Reichman

At first glance you may mistake Sam Reichman for another NYU playwriting undergrad filling out his 3rd application at STRAND, or the guy at Hogwarts that Ginny Weasley was dating before Dean Thomas, or Eric Snowden's political decoy. Someone who, if you saw him above 96th street, you might approach and ask "Are you lost?"