Arts & Culture

In our Arts & Culture section, Litro explores the intersections between arts and culture, lifestyle, living and travel. Including Theatre reviews and dispatches from live cultural events from across the globe; with features on forthcoming exhibitions, public art, contemporary artists, and Litro’s own performance series, Litro Live! And everything else in between.

Arts & Culture, Fiction, short story

Locker Room Love Story

“I like how his skin feels on mine, but I do not know him at all.” Hear from the “other woman” as she faces the morality of her affair.

by depting1 • November 13, 2023November 13, 2023

Arts & Culture, Fiction, short story

Grief Interrupted

“We Americans do not deal well with sorrow.” When COVID stalled the normal processes of grief, how did we all cope?

by vkot • November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Fiction

The Dilemma

“This is what happens when politicians allow corruption to fester.” In a world of polarizing politics and lies, what will be our legacy?

by carlisler • November 9, 2023November 9, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Fiction, short story

EX—TING—GWISH—ER

“In spite of our own resistance, we persist.” A circular story of New York, friendship and community: the things that truly matter.

by janschmidt • November 8, 2023November 8, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: ONCE UPON A PRIME: THE WONDROUS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MATHEMATICS AND LITERATURE

A book that translates maths into literary terms and literature into mathematical values.

by 31babs21 • June 29, 2023June 29, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations, Uncategorised

BOOK REVIEW: THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SON

This is a novel that on the surface feels quite innocent, but which has a deeply troubling core. In the current refugee crisis it is a novel of which we ...

by elspeth revira • June 22, 2023June 22, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Reviews, Translations

MACUNAIMA

Macunaíma is a complex, often perplexing picaresque that takes the reader on an incredible journey.

by janewright • June 15, 2023June 13, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Literature, Reviews, Translations, Uncategorised

BOOK REVIEW: 19 CLAWS AND A BLACK BIRD: STORIES

Written in her deliciously dark tone, Bazterrica’s claws puncture polite society’s fragile membrane, revealing the darkness writhing beneath.

by jennifer_brough • June 8, 2023June 8, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays

Baltimore by the Mid-Morning Light

“I awoke before anyone else, in an unfamiliar house full of art and stuffed toys.” Today’s EssaySaturday USA is “Baltimore by the Mid-Morning Light” by Jesse Goodman.

by jdgoodman2018 • June 3, 2023May 30, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Spastic-Dog Woman

“My best shot of meeting anyone may be dog walking.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Spastic-Dog Woman” by Lisa K. Harris.

by lkharris • May 27, 2023June 22, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Uncategorised

BOOK REVIEW: A GIFT OF GEOLOGY, ANCIENT LANDSCAPES AND MONUMENTS

A personal investigation into land, and its role in forging a civilisation.

by t hopkins • May 25, 2023May 30, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: LAST HOUSE BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN

A haunting family saga about love, family, and the often unconsidered victims of war.

by raphaela behounek • May 18, 2023May 25, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MR NOBODY

A novel with a fable-like quality, it is a gift to any reader.

by emeehan • May 11, 2023May 11, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, EssaySaturday

Home is Where I’ve Arrived Too Late

“To feel like I belong, like I’ve put time into one place and stayed long enough to put roots down.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Home is Where I’ve Arrived Too ...

by estedge • May 6, 2023May 10, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: THE LAST POMEGRANATE TREE

Twenty-one years of solitary imprisonment have made the Kurdish freedom-fighter Muzafar-i Subhdam a nomad, roaming inside his own thoughts…

by goranbabaali • April 20, 2023April 22, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Mine

Picture credit: Erin Wallace I just saw your beautiful fox: my neighbor texts me on her early morning walk past my house. I’ve seen the fox many times, ...

by saramariagreene • April 15, 2023April 12, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: IN THE BELLY OF THE CONGO

It goes without saying that colonialism has far-reaching, perhaps never-ending impacts. Encourage the letting go of the past in the perceived hope of a better future. But can we forget? ...

by annamariapoku • April 13, 2023April 12, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Year Three

“We’ll just move far away from everyone, Mark declares, too far for people to visit.” Today’s EssaySaturday USA is “Year Three” by Edie Meade.

by edie meade • April 8, 2023April 8, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: WAR DIARY

The images of Ukraine follow a familiar beat: unjustified mass violence, the corpses of victims, ravished buildings. Yevgenia Belorusets created a diary of the first few months of war, but ...

by cobolens • April 6, 2023April 6, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: STOLEN

It is one thing to lose something, but quite another to have had it stolen.

by 31babs21 • March 30, 2023March 30, 2023