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      On Not Knowing

      On Not Knowing

      “I moved here to embrace the not knowing. It doesn’t come easily.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “On Not Knowing” by Katherine Plumhoff.

      by Katherine Plumhoff | March 18, 2023March 19, 2023
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      SEA OF EDEN

      SEA OF EDEN

      A love letter to humanity and nature, art and culture.

      by Jane Wright | March 16, 2023March 18, 2023
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      Wherever You Go, There You Are

      Wherever You Go, There You Are

      “Just like that, my world unravelled in seconds.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Wherever You Go, There You Are” by Teresa Shimogawa.

      by Teresa Shimogawa | March 11, 2023March 12, 2023
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      BOOK REVIEW: ALL YOUR CHILDREN, SCATTERED

      BOOK REVIEW: ALL YOUR CHILDREN, SCATTERED

      A story that crosses four generations of a family, “All Your Children, Scattered” looks at how communication breaks down, and how it might be repaired.

      by Adam Ley-Lange | March 9, 2023March 10, 2023
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      Nowhere Lake

      Nowhere Lake

      “At Nowhere Lake, all was abandoned as if in midsentence.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Nowhere Lake” by Anita Kestin.

      by Anita Kestin | March 4, 2023March 5, 2023
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      BOOK REVIEW: SIBLINGS

      BOOK REVIEW: SIBLINGS

      As a relatively young author, Brigitte Reimann imbued the novel with her convictions and enthusiasm for the work that her generation was doing to rebuild ...
      by Francesca Ferrauto | March 2, 2023March 5, 2023
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      BOOK REVIEW: SALT CRYSTALS

      BOOK REVIEW: SALT CRYSTALS

      An uncompromising new voice from San Andres that describes a magical, transcendent place.

      by Jackie Morris | February 16, 2023February 16, 2023
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      BOOK REVIEW: THE COLOUR LINE

      BOOK REVIEW: THE COLOUR LINE

      Scego blends Italy’s contentious past and present, unearthing the layers beneath Rome’s glittering surface.

      by Noreen Kane | February 9, 2023February 9, 2023
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      The Carlton Arms

      The Carlton Arms

      “It was a nightmare,” he recalls. “There were hookers turning tricks in the bathroom and junkies shooting up in the halls. If you were predisposed ...
      by Donald Ranard | February 4, 2023February 13, 2023
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      BOOK REVIEW: A MOUNTAIN TO THE NORTH, A LAKE TO THE SOUTH, PATHS TO THE WEST, A RIVER TO THE EAST

      BOOK REVIEW: A MOUNTAIN TO THE NORTH, A LAKE TO THE SOUTH, PATHS TO THE WEST, A RIVER TO THE EAST

      This novel simply is. Give it the time and attention it deserves and it will stay with you for the rest of your life

      by Tamar Drukker | February 2, 2023February 3, 2023
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      BOOK REVIEW: IS THERE RUSH HOUR IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY?

      BOOK REVIEW: IS THERE RUSH HOUR IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY?

      How can we map new itineraries of empathy? Cartography is a way to organise knowledge, and a walk is what grounds those ideas in reality. 

      by Phương Anh | January 26, 2023January 27, 2023
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      BOOK REVIEW: EVERYTHING CALLS FOR SALVATION

      BOOK REVIEW: EVERYTHING CALLS FOR SALVATION

      This book is a humane lesson on how to remain kind and sensitive towards our fellow struggling humans

      by Francesca Ferrauto | January 19, 2023January 20, 2023
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      BOOK REVIEW: BODY KINTSUGI

      BOOK REVIEW: BODY KINTSUGI

      A novel which effortlessly transcends the banality of categorisation to tell the story of a body and its struggle to feel whole.

      by Jennifer Brough | January 12, 2023January 11, 2023
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      BOOK REVIEW: WAKE ME UP AT 9 IN THE MORNING

      BOOK REVIEW: WAKE ME UP AT 9 IN THE MORNING

      Reading this novel is like falling a mind map, with landscape, characters and crimes carefully plotted.

      by Barbara Wheatley | January 5, 2023January 5, 2023
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      BOOK REVIEW: WELL-KEPT RUINS

      BOOK REVIEW: WELL-KEPT RUINS

      Cixous explores the liminal space between fiction and fact, memory and history, novel and memoir. 

      by Zadie Loft | December 29, 2022December 29, 2022
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      BOOK REVIEW: LIBERATION DAY

      BOOK REVIEW: LIBERATION DAY

      Saunders has made a name for himself as both a writers’ writer and a readers’ writer and this collection is full of everything you’d expect ...
      by Katy Carr | December 22, 2022December 27, 2022
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      BOOK REVIEW: LOVE

      BOOK REVIEW: LOVE

      Despite dealing with dark subjects, this is a novel of lightness and hope

      by Jane Wright | December 15, 2022December 14, 2022
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      BOOK REVIEW: THE THORN PULLER

      BOOK REVIEW: THE THORN PULLER

      Ito’s talent for weaving many voices is brilliantly demonstrated in this newly translated work.

      by Elizabeth Meehan | December 1, 2022November 28, 2022
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      BOOK REVIEW: LET NO-ONE SLEEP

      BOOK REVIEW: LET NO-ONE SLEEP

      Sometimes, a larger-than-life bird woman is all a book needs.

      by Robert Montero | November 26, 2022November 26, 2022
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      BOOK REVIEW: THE AGE OF DOUBT

      BOOK REVIEW: THE AGE OF DOUBT

      A savage and touching exploration of the realities of life in post-civil-war Korea

      by Katy Ward | November 26, 2022November 28, 2022

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