Rusted Radishes is a literary and art journal started in 2012 by faculty in the English department at the American University of Beirut, with Rima Rantisi as editor and Crystal Hoffman as co-founder. It is edited and designed by AUB faculty, students and alumni, including people from the architecture and design department. Each year it publishes one themed issue, now in Arabic and English, with poetry, fiction, drama, translations, essays, interviews, visual art and graphic narratives. It also runs a webzine. Contributors are emerging and established writers and artists connected to Lebanon, its diaspora and the wider region. Issue 12, titled Pain, is the most recent listed. Because it does not take unsolicited submissions or charge reading fees, each issue reads as a curated collection rather than an open call.
Rusted Radishes at a glance
- Founded in 2012 at the American University of Beirut
- Publishes one themed issue per year
- Bilingual in Arabic and English
- Issue 12 is titled Pain