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Author Archives: Josip Novakovich

Honey in the Carcase ||| The Threepenny Review

December 6, 2019

Josip Novakovich

              Ivan Medvedich was washing his silvery mustache after eating a slice of dark bread with honey when a whistle cut through the air, deepened in frequency, and sank into an explosion that shook … Continued

Café Sarajevo

July 6, 2017

Josip Novakovich

In the Balkans, nothing vanishes completely. In my hometown, people give directions like this: You go two blocks past the oil refinery, and then one block up, past the military barracks, and then turn left. . . . The oil … Continued

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