ABOUT: Lish is a London-based contemporary journal in the Foreigner’s English. It publishes critical theory, literature and poetry. LISH views the Foreigner’s English as the language that belongs to and is shaped by all who speak it. It is not a wide range of incorrect accents through which one can be identified and alienated. English is no longer only owned by those who have it as a mother tongue. LISH believes that by acknowledging the Foreigner’s English as legitimate, it gives the English language the possibility to transcend its colonial and imperial past.

For this occasion, Andrea Knezovic’s contribution to Lish” Prelude: The Language of the Space We Shared “ immerses us into the language that is a shared, third space formed between those of us who desire, remember, despair — love. 

Contributions by: Lillian Allen, Boris Buden, Laura Cemin, Rubèn Fernández, Nicoline van Harskamp, Pilar Izquierdo, Rosa Johanna, Matej Kavčič, Andrea Knezović, Jakob Niedziela, Ida Parise, Francisco Tomsich & Daniella Valz-Gen.

Publication design by: Sean Burn, edited by Evelina Hägglund and Adrian Olas, with special thanks to Eric Moses, Juliette Pénélope, Stella Cade Rotstein & Sara-Lot van Uum.