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A sharp, insightful political commentary exploring Pakistan’s flawed democratic process. Continue Reading The Farce of Democracy on the Pakistani Stage
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Editor's Pick, Essay, Travel&Lifestyle
Motels and Past Roads
America’s train stations and air terminals are its true cathedrals, motels may be it’s shrines. Continue Reading Motels and Past Roads
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Editor's Pick, Essay, Travel&Lifestyle
Rialto Rendezvous
If we arrange to meet in Venice, where would you suggest? Outside St Mark’s Cathedral might seem the obvious place, but hectic and not very relaxing with crowds of tourists ...
Road Trip in Serbia: Yes or No
Thelma and Louise sprang to mind while we were driving on the E763 towards Zlatibor. In our home movie, the roles were reversed. Instead of us being against the whole ...
Immigration: a Beautiful Environment Versus a Cruel Reality
Supposedly, I should be keen on immigration, for I am from a Hakka family whose tradition is traveling around. Continue Reading Immigration: a Beautiful Environment Versus a Cruel ...
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Mexico memories
Twenty-five years is a life ago. Mexico has changed, I have changed, but the image of the happy young bride wearing a short white dress is something burned into my ...
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Jeff’s binge
When I am right here right now, where you can help?! Continue Reading Jeff’s binge
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Monsters and Angels
How can children make sense of change? Recalling hot summers and spam salads, Kim reflects on childhood memories. Continue Reading Monsters and Angels
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Sketches of Short Days
In this poignant, personal essay, Tom sits with his terminally-ill uncle, Baz, and explores life, loss and laughter, right up to the end. Continue Reading Sketches of Short ...
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A champion writer finds his “strong style”: Breaking Kayfabe by Wes Brown
“I had lost faith in novelly novels. In their fake plots, fake events, fake characters.” Jonny Aldridge talks autofiction, masculinity and Wes Brown. Continue Reading A champion writer ...
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I Am Woman. Hear What I Want For Christmas!
Author Robin Stevens reflects on the pressures of conforming to feminine expectations during Christmas, advocating for the timeless joy of gifting books. Continue Reading I Am Woman. Hear ...
Arts & Culture, Essay, Essay Saturday
Born Again
“If mystics are right, how many lives can we have?” Michelle finds the myriad joys and surprises that the prophecies of psychics can brings. Continue Reading Born Again
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Arts & Culture, Books, Essay, Literature, On Writing
The Booker Prize: Controversies, Diversity, and the Power of Recognition
How does the Booker Prize maintain its relevance in contemporary literature? From Paul Lynch’s recent win to debates on subjectivity and the balance between commercialization and creativity, this article delves ...
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday
To the American Businessman in the Hotel Room Next to Ours
I stood from the cot next to the shared wall. My mom leaned in close to hear you. Another crash. Furniture scraping against the floor. We listened to someone’s heavy ...
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The Championship Game
The sun beats through the humid air, upon the stone and dirt streets. High cumulus clouds drift above the heavy-forest limestone mountains. Continue Reading The Championship Game
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Riding an Endangered Eagle
The train between Mexico City and Nuevo Laredo was called the Águila Azteca (Aztec Eagle). Within a year of this ride, this passenger train service – along with dozens upon dozens ...
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Litro #182: Experimental – Where Art Thou Heart: Visual Language Lost on Deaf Eyes
Digital Subscription, Essay, Litro #182: Experimental, Print Issues
Litro #182: Experimental – The Unexpected Pay Off of Poetry
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The King’s Gardner
He indicated a solitary rose drooping against a cracked wall in which curious lizards cocked their heads, and then he swept his arms encompassing everything around us. Continue ...
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Three Cats and One Man
There are three cats in this story: two dead; one dying, then dead. There is one man. Also dying, then dead. This is a true story. Continue Reading ...