personal essays
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Finlay Worrallo on writerly intentions and the translation of ideas.
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Jade Prince on writing Gen Z authentically for the screen.
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Elena Barham on the the ongoing lack of access to the arts for working-class writers.
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Sema Kaygusuz on language, water and renewal. Translated by Nicholas Glastonbury.
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Syrian writer Rosa Yassin Hassan on exile. Translated by Nawara Mahfoud.
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Abhijeet Singh on the relationship between photography and literature.
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Ma Thida on freedom, art, and Myanmar.
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Sophie Lau on the complex relationship with her mother tongue.
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Mariam Jallow on the folklore, fear, and storytelling.
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lisa minerva luxx on poetry, memory, and breathing.
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Simone Yasmin on the catharsis, and trauma, of performing poetry
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Janika Oza on language and migration.
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Joseph Coelho on his poem marking Michael Rosen winning the 2023 PEN Pinter Prize
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By Gazan writer Nayrouz Qarmout, translated by Sawad Hussain and Perween Richards.
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Hanna Komar on visas, Belarus, and sunsets on Peckham Rye.
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Zainab Akhlaqi, after leaving Afghanistan. Translated by Zubair Popalzai.
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Aissata Thiam, on five goodbyes.
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By Oleksandr Mykhed. Translated by Maryna Gibson.
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Awet Fissehaye responds to the proposed ‘Illegal Migration Bill’.
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Bidisha Mamata responds to the proposed ‘Illegal Migration Bill’.
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