Dear iExile editors,
"The Currency of Love" is a work of hybrid fiction that questions the moral mathematics of independence and dependence. It follows a woman whose public confession about love and money becomes an unintended act of intellectual exile from the very communities that shaped her. The piece attempts what iExile champions: writing that disturbs, that refuses to sit politely in a single category, and that treats literature as a living animal rather than a statement.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Barys Paulau
Barys Paulau is a Belarusian writer and cultural studies scholar. He holds an MA in Cultural Studies from Lithuania and is a member of the Memory Studies Association (Netherlands). His academic essays explore literature, theater, and cinema.