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    • Litro #183: Place, Print Issues

      Fear, Loathing and Feistiness in Writing about Sex

      Fear, Loathing and Feistiness in Writing about Sex

      Back to writing about sex. The trouble with writing about sensuality today is that we are being prodded from all directions.

      by kitcat | March 17, 2023March 20, 2023
    • Litro #183: Place, Print Issues

      Litro #183: Place – Forever Sweet Sweet

      Litro #183: Place – Forever Sweet Sweet

      “It’s your turn to marry,” Little Auntie Xiǎo Gū said in Mandarin, “Your father says your boyfriend is poor. He’s found you another.”

      by susannasusanna | March 17, 2023March 20, 2023
    • Litro #183: Place, Print Issues

      Litro #183: Place – I was an Osaka neighbourhood

      Litro #183: Place – I was an Osaka neighbourhood

      I was the boy in the morning, losing his parasol. I was the parasol, caught by a breeze.

      by dan | March 17, 2023March 20, 2023
    • Litro #183: Place, Print Issues

      Litro #183: Place – My Polar Summer, an Essay by Agatha Lin

      Litro #183: Place – My Polar Summer, an Essay by Agatha Lin

      Can you keep a secret, Ms. Sharma? If you can’t, just rip up this essay right now. Still reading?

      by haroldtaw | March 17, 2023March 20, 2023
    • Litro #183: Place, Print Issues

      Litro #183: Place – A Person of Two Places

      Litro #183: Place – A Person of Two Places

      For me, writing has been a process of migrating, reluctantly, from one place to another, from a place at my desk to a place in ...
      by annbrashares | March 17, 2023March 20, 2023
    • Litro #183: Place, Print Issues

      Litro #183: Place – Free Range

      Each of those first few days startled me awake. I’d lay discombobulated, feeling the yolk in my belly stir and the toddler next to me ...
      by bunnymcfadden | March 16, 2023March 20, 2023
    • Litro #183: Place, Print Issues

      Litro #183: Place Edition – Notes from a reader: M. M. De Voe, Pen Parentis

      The word is parenting—and as an intransitive verb, it was first coined in 1959. Until the 1960s, you might be the parent of someone, but ...
      by accounts | March 16, 2023March 20, 2023
    • Editor's Pick, Letters from the Editor, Nature Issue

      EDITOR’S LETTER: NATURE ISSUE

      EDITOR’S LETTER: NATURE ISSUE

      Nature is in crisis, and the crisis is anything but natural.

      by eric-akoto | October 11, 2021October 11, 2021
    • Editor's Pick, Friendship Issue, Letters from the Editor

      EDITOR’S LETTER: FRIENDSHIP ISSUE

      EDITOR’S LETTER: FRIENDSHIP ISSUE

      On friendship

      by eakoto | July 7, 2021July 7, 2021
    • Editor's Pick, Loneliness Issue, Poetry, Print Issues, Spring 2021: Japan Issue

      THREE POEMS FROM ONLY YESTERDAY

      THREE POEMS FROM ONLY YESTERDAY

      Three poems from Mutsuo Takahaski

      by mutsuotakahashi | June 21, 2021June 21, 2021
    • Poetry, Print Issues, Spring 2021: Japan Issue

      TWO POEMS

      TWO POEMS

      Two poems from Japanese poet Akehiro Shirai

      by akehiroshirai | June 16, 2021June 16, 2021
    • Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, Print Issues, Spring 2021: Japan Issue

      AINU OTHELLO: THE STORY OF A PLAY

      AINU OTHELLO: THE STORY OF A PLAY

      Alison Watts discusses a Japanese adaptation of Othello.

      by alisonwatts | June 15, 2021June 15, 2021
    • Editor's Pick, Fiction, Print Issues, short story, Spring 2021: Japan Issue

      PROUD

      PROUD

      A young woman comes to terms with what gets passed down.

      by wenyuju | June 14, 2021June 14, 2021
    • Poetry, Print Issues, Spring 2021: Japan Issue

      SIX POEMS

      SIX POEMS

      Six poems by poet Tian Yuan.

      by tianyuan | June 9, 2021June 9, 2021
    • Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Interviews, Print Issues, Spring 2021: Japan Issue

      INTERVIEW WITH MARI KATAYAMA

      INTERVIEW WITH MARI KATAYAMA

      Japanese artist Mari Katayama interviewed.

      by naokomabon | June 8, 2021June 8, 2021
    • Editor's Pick, Essays, Spring 2021: Japan Issue

      A HIGH-TECH ANCIENT STILLNESS

      A HIGH-TECH ANCIENT STILLNESS

      Looking at art and nature with Pico Iyer

      by picoiyer | June 7, 2021June 7, 2021
    • Editor, Editor's Pick, Letters from the Editor, Print Issues, Spring 2021: Japan Issue

      EDITORS’ LETTERS: SPRING 2021 JAPAN ISSUE

      EDITORS’ LETTERS: SPRING 2021 JAPAN ISSUE

      Litro’s Spring 2021 print issue now appearing online

      by eakoto | June 7, 2021June 7, 2021
    • Digital Subscriptions, Fiction, Litro #110: Street Fiction

      <em>Wolf Eyes</em>

      Wolf Eyes

      by peng-shepherd | January 6, 2021January 11, 2022
    • Print Issues, Technology and Arts Issue, Uncategorised

      A Lack of Understanding: Storytelling for Robots

      A Lack of Understanding: Storytelling for Robots

      So whenever I drive past King’s and see a group of Chinese tourists, I know I have to be on the lookout. Could a driverless ...
      by Henryshevlin | December 25, 2019December 25, 2019
    • Fiction, Print Issues, Technology and Arts Issue, Uncategorised

      The Representation of Augmented Reality in Fiction 

      The Representation of Augmented Reality in Fiction 

      Science fiction reflects our world, extrapolating our hopes and fears in a distant setting.

      by oliviabelton | December 25, 2019April 2, 2020

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