Smaller, Still"We moved into the old servant’s quarters when the earth was still mothed and flowered."
experimental
literary fiction
fiction
Dilara Sümbül
Dilara Almata Sümbül is a Turkish-American writer from San Francisco and student at UC Berkeley. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Flat Ink.
Berkeley, CA, United States
Selected work (5 publications)
His Mantle Lingering, or Obit 65"Mehmet Almata, my ata, died like myth under an apple tree."
mourning
creative nonfiction
diaspora
creative flash nonfiction
obituary
zoerose on her Ethereal Debut Album"Listening to zoerose this early on feels almost like discovering her. In her debut, she already has the voice of an artist that commands attention, with a bright sound that spins beauty from regret."
interview
music review
When Do We Stop Writing?: Fatima Daas's Commitment to the Unethical Truth"Maybe that’s a limit of autofiction, understanding just how incapable we are of writing our own worlds completely. More than that, maybe we understand that there is no way to invite any number of strangers into our homes without taking precautions."
book review