When I was elected to be the Writer-in-Residence at VU, I came up with the plan to engage interested students and staff members in composing an anthology of their favorite short stories, all originally written in languages other than English. After all, as an author and reader myself, it is my experience that we are often predominantly focused on the English language, and more specifically, its American variant.

We were in the locker room getting ready when they came in with their offer. The team owner and three suits from the TV network. The first one said: “Triple the amount of your salary this season. Waiting for each of you in offshore accounts.” “Tax free,” said the second guy, “tax free.” All of us changing at our lockers turned to listen. 

With “The Momentum Issue,” Expanded Field is excited to present its fourth collage of words and images with a recurring leitmotif. The collection of creative works in this issue is the sum of a variety of themes and tensions we found in and among our submissions.