Interview: Andrew Felsher

In October of 2022, Andrew Felsher and Yehui Zhao launched the first issue of 128 LIT, a print and online literary magazine focused on showcasing international voices and works in translation. The magazine has published excellent writers like Kim Hyesoon and Najlaa Eltom. In 2023, 128 LIT ran a chapbook contest judged by Mona Kareem, Saddiq Dzukogi, and Jacques Fux. The winner—My Women by Yuliia Iliukha, translated from Ukrainian by Hanna Leliv—will be published in 2024. A sample of Yuliia’s writing is available on 128 LIT’s website. Over email throughout November 2023, Andrew and I discussed 128 LIT’s mission to make the world larger with stories, and to collapse the distance between arbitrary borders.