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Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, non-fiction, Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: WILL THIS HOUSE LAST FOREVER?
Xanthi Barker’s memoir Will This House Last Forever? reviewed
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Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: SLIPPING
Mohamed Kheir’s novel Slipping reviewed
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Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essay, Spring 2021: Japan Edition
TRIMMED
Juliana Kase meditates on The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine and on the end of an era.
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Art, Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Loneliness, Loneliness Issue
FOUR COLLAGES ON LONELINESS
Four collages on loneliness
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Arts & Culture, Austrian fiction, Books, Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: THE FIELD
Robert Seethaler’s The Field reviewed
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POSTER BOARDS AT THE PROTEST
An affecting piece from a young writer navigating the lineage and burdens of Black identity.
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Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Novel, Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: MOTHER FOR DINNER
Shalom Auslander’s Mother for Dinner reviewed
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Art, Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, The Litro Blog
Call for Reviews
A rolling list of the books, films, theatre and other events that we’re seeking reviewers for.
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Arts & Culture, biography, Books, Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: JOHANNES BRAHMS
Jan Swafford’s Johannes Brahms: A Biography reviewed
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Arts & Culture, Books, Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: LOVE STORIES FOR HECTIC PEOPLE
Catherine McNamara’s Love Stories for Hectic People reviewed
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Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Travel&Lifestyle
BOOK REVIEW: OF WOMEN AND SALT
Gabriela Garcia’s Of Women and Salt reviewed
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Arts & Culture, Books, Literature
Stop calling Shuggie Bain ‘bleak’; it’s reality.
Shuggie Bain lays bare the reality of poverty and inequality in this moving debut
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Arts & Culture, Books, Literature
Dima Alzayat’s Alligator and Other Stories
In Alligator and Other Stories, Dima Alzayat fuses factual events, from the lynching of a Syrian American man in 1920s Florida to the abduction of Etan Patz in 1970s New ...
Cool To Be Kind: How Covid-19 Made Niceness Hot
Image courtesy of Burberry.
Stony-faced, besuited, a long scarf draped over his shoulders like a superhero’s cape, the polished image of British footballer Marcus Rashford modelling for Burberry would ...
Arts & Culture, Travel&Lifestyle
Desperate Optimism: Staying On Trend In A Post-Fashion World
At a time when any sentient human could only feel restless despair, the new season’s trends declare us happier than ever.
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Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essay
Sweatpants Won’t Set Us Free: Who Gets To Dress Down In A Post-Covid World?
As our year of lockdown living draws to an end, there is a groundswell of opinion that terry towel trousers might stick around post-pandemic, becoming as acceptable to wear on ...
Arts & Culture, Covid-19 Blog, Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday
How fantasy literature and media can benefit our mental health
What if fantasy literature and media can be beneficial for our mental health, alongside being a huge amount of fun?
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Arts & Culture, Covid-19 Blog, Editor's Pick, Essay
A Worldly Chronology of the Naked Nationalism of the Shambolic Vaccine
A global account of the vaccine rollout and mishaps so far.
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BOOK REVIEW: Elizabeth Baines’ “Astral Travel”
There comes a point in your grown-up life when you realise that your parents are just people: human beings like anybody else. And yet they never quite lose the godlike ...
Litro Lab 2021 Podcast Competition
Entries are now open for the 2021 Litro Lab podcast competition!
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