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BOOK REVIEW: LAST HOUSE BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN

A haunting family saga about love, family, and the often unconsidered victims of war. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: LAST HOUSE BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN ...

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. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MR NOBODY

by Elizabeth Meehan | 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 ...

by Emily Stedge | 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… Continue Reading BOOK ...

by Goran Baba Ali | April 20, 2023April 22, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Mine

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 Sara Maria Greene | 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 ...

by Anna-Maria Poku | 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 ...

by Christina Obolenskaya | 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. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: STOLEN

by Barbara Wheatley | March 30, 2023March 30, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

#EssaySaturday USA 25 March: Sealight

“This place has fast become our sanctuary…” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Sealight” by Chris Ray. Continue Reading #EssaySaturday USA 25 March: Sealight

by Chris Ray | March 25, 2023March 26, 2023
Arts & Culture, Literature, Reviews, Uncategorised

BOOK REVIEW: RIVER SPIRIT

A sense of inevitability pervades “River Spirit ” as seven narrators negotiate the personal, political and religious challenges of Sudan in the late nineteenth century. ...

by Anna Hattersley | March 23, 2023March 24, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

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. Continue ...

by Katherine Plumhoff | March 18, 2023March 19, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Reviews, Translations

SEA OF EDEN

A love letter to humanity and nature, art and culture. Continue Reading SEA OF EDEN

by Jane Wright | March 16, 2023March 18, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

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. Continue Reading ...

by Teresa Shimogawa | March 11, 2023March 12, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations, Uncategorised

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

Nowhere Lake

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

by Anita Kestin | March 4, 2023March 5, 2023
Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations

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
Arts & Culture, Books, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: SALT CRYSTALS

An uncompromising new voice from San Andres that describes a magical, transcendent place. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: SALT CRYSTALS

by Jackie Morris | February 16, 2023February 16, 2023
Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations, Uncategorised

BOOK REVIEW: THE COLOUR LINE

Scego blends Italy’s contentious past and present, unearthing the layers beneath Rome’s glittering surface. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: THE COLOUR LINE

by Noreen Kane | February 9, 2023February 9, 2023
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

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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