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Covid-19 Blog, Essay, Loneliness Issue
PANDEMIC COMPANION
Walking in the woods brings solace during a challenging year.
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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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Spaces / Places | LITRO LAB PODCAST
Can you feel more at home in a foreign country that you own? Caitlin Stobie explores identity, crossed roots, non-places and Covid-19 in this touching non-fiction piece.
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Duplex Cabaret Dreams | LITRO LAB PODCAST
Celebration is not futile, it’s a way to practice resilience.
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My skin is a silver lining | LITRO LAB PODCAST
Can face masks become liberating?
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Litro is looking for a new Online Editor
Litro is recruiting a new Online Editor, responsible for overseeing all online content, developing ideas, liaising with contributors, shaping the direction of the online platform and managing the section editors.
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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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Arts & Culture, Covid-19 Blog, Editor's Pick, Essay Saturday
The Healthy Desire For Discomfort
I dream of discomfort. For a year now I have lived a hazy half-life of wool and fleece and sweatpants.
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Covid-19 Blog, Editor's Pick, Flash Friday
Love in the Time of Corona
A brittle love story in the time of corona
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Arts & Culture, Column, Covid-19 Blog, Editor's Pick, The Litro Blog
The Joy of Reading
The pandemic has fundamentally reconfigured the shape of our lives – both public and personal. Masks in place, we navigate the pandemic-hit world tentatively, alternating between panic and hope, despair ...
Writing in an Atmosphere of Glass
In March 2020, the world drew to a halt. An unprecedented stasis. Many grasped for metaphors.
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A Health and Wellness Movement Rooted in Nature: Unlocking the Power of Plants
Today, healthcare, and the ability to improve our own well-being, is better than ever.
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Covid-19 Blog, Editor's Pick, ff, Flash Friday
Mimicha
A young Moroccan woman corresponds with her mother during lockdown.
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Arts & Culture, Covid-19 Blog, The Litro Blog
Eclipsed
An essay that relies on William Golding’s premise regarding human selfishness, as evidenced in his dystopian novel, Lord of the Flies, as a departure point from which to consider humanity’s ...
Arts & Culture, Covid-19 Blog, The Litro Blog
The Nastiest Thing
On a Sunday, I sent an 800-word excerpt to my virtual writing group. The piece was about my partner, Erica – a love letter to her, really, about the ways ...
Arts & Culture, Covid-19 Blog, Editor's Pick
Death Letters 2020
I hope this letter gets to you. I’m going to burn it in hopes that it does.
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Covid-19 Blog, Editor's Pick, The Litro Blog
Where Have You Gone, Dr. Pierce?
“…I called again and was rerouted five times until I was back to the same operator who initially took the call. In New Jersey, where I grew up, we call ...
Covid-19 Blog, Editor's Pick, The Litro Blog
An Acute Exacerbation
You’ve bought masks, hand sanitizer. Leave the house only for essentials, they say. Flatten the curve. You should buy an oxygen monitor, you think. Your mother had one.
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Covid Days, Chocolate Nights
The streets are very quiet these days so the whoop whoop staccato punctuation of ambulance sirens every 5 to 10 minutes is rattling.
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