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Issue #48: Bishkek at 6 a.m.
Cover Story on the city before traffic — bakers, janitors, marshrutka drivers.
Week 48 · 2026
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The Interview
The bookseller who never closed
How to survive when everyone reads on their phone.
Week 47 · 2026
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Work & Craft
A day with a ceramicist
Clay, kiln, and why handmade work is back in fashion.
Week 46 · 2026
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City Notes
Five courtyards off Jibek-Jolu
Architecture without a guide — a walking note.
Week 45 · 2026
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Shelf
Three novels about coming home
From Tolstoy to contemporary fiction — one theme, five books.
Week 44 · 2026
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Cover Story
Women in IT in Central Asia
Not a success story — an honest talk about barriers and small wins.
Week 43 · 2026
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The Interview
Documentary director on zero budget
Shooting without funding — narrative interview.
Week 42 · 2026
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From the Editor
Why I stopped morning news
Elena's column on attention and the first hour of the day.
Week 41 · 2026
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Work & Craft
Literature teacher and Gen Z
How to interest Gen Z in Pushkin without breaking.
Week 40 · 2026
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City Notes
Night bus #12
A route as a social portrait of the city after dark.
Week 39 · 2026
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Cover Story
One year without shopping
A reader's experiment and what changed in her life.
Week 38 · 2026
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Shelf
Poetry for the dinner table
Five collections to read aloud over supper.
Week 37 · 2026
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Letters
Letters on loneliness in the city
Editorial replies to reader mail.
Week 36 · 2026
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The Interview
Barista who opened a basement café
Coffee, risk, and a room underground.
Week 35 · 2026
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Work & Craft
Court document translator
The language that decides fates.
Week 34 · 2026
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Cover Story
Issue #50: anniversary
50 stories in 50 weeks — looking back and year two plans.
Week 50 · 2026
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