“Not having the requisite funds for even the first semester, I do the only logical thing. I head down to the nearest jazz bar, drink a lot of Louisiana beer ...
“Maximo had asked me whether I could serve—not everyone can, he added… Through it all, the figures in the Help Wanted ad from the Dallas Morning News beamed at me ...
The Return to Homs offers a glimpse of history through a personal struggle of identity and sacrifice.
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Kiss and Cry, an astonishing show by the Belgian dance troupe Charleroi Danses, transcends not only national borders but the borders between live action, film, dance and mime, says Emma ...
“Despite writing a book that was probably responsible for sending more kids into the big open world than the Lonely Planet, Kerouac was always more comfortable in America than abroad. ...
“I left my books and my husband and the well-dug roots of my domesticity and we set off to Kalaki on the evening train.”
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“The palm tree leaves quivered dryly two stories above the promenade. A couple young girls rolled past in pink and red, skin yellowish in the humid air. Not a glimmer ...
Diego Quemada-Diez’s film, The Golden Dream, tells the story of three young Guatemalans attempting to cross the border to the United States.
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“You are travelling from Port Harcourt to Yenagoa. Everybody knows the best place to board a cheap bus is at Mile One Bus Park, right under the bridge… Loaded shopping ...
“There was only one thing for it: to beg. At first I ran around the airport with a cheap phone I had picked up. ‘Desea comprar este’, I said to ...
Featuring new fiction and non-fiction from Polis Loizou, Alona Ferber, William Pittam, Sohini Basak, and Martin MacInnes – plus an interview with Monisha Rajesh and a special introduction by Rory ...
Dear Reader,
Here at Litro, we believe that emerging writers are just as important as the old vanguard – in fact, they’re often more ...
Bestselling travel writer Rory MacLean introduces Litro #135: Somewhere Between the Borders.
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A young delinquent is taken to the Holy House.
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Hope and inspiration are lost in modern Berlin.
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Three years in Fayetteville, and all that came with it.
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Sometimes neighbours see more than you think.
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Two journeys on foot, towards separate borders in West Africa.
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