personal essays
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Deepa Bhasthi’s call for translations with accents.
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Dina Nayeri responds to the proposed ‘Illegal Migration Bill’.
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Kasim Ali on home, high streets and food.
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Norman Erikson Pasaribu on a mother’s choice and how writing saved them
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Rogelio Braga on the politicisation of black and brown migrant bodies and the intersections of political persecutions and the UK’s hostile environment.
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Elizabeth Johnson on the literary scene in Ghana, who’s building it, and the value of publishing on the continent.
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Dapo Adeola on his illustration marking Malorie Blackman winning the 2022 PEN Pinter Prize
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Stella Nyanzi on dissident writers and free expression in Uganda.
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By Zadie Smith.
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Julian Barnes on collecting books, reading books, and annotating books.
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Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on decolonising literature about Việt Nam by writing in the language of the coloniser.
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Astrid Alben on language, childhood, photographs and translation.
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June Bellebono on the pigeonholing of identities, being commissioned on topics other than that which you embody, and Love Island.
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Yara Rodrigues Fowler on material as a part of reading, the making of zines, and writing there are more things.
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Thomas de Waal on sending Osman Kavala books to read in Silivri Prison.
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Najwa Bin Shatwan on her geographic and writerly journey. Translated by Sawad Hussain.
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Anandi Mishra on Mukherjee Nagar and her journey to writing.
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Kurdish poet and journalist Nedim Türfent responds to Ai Weiwei’s postcard.
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Fatima Daas on names. Translated by Lara Vergnaud.
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Ariel Saramandi on Mauritius, identity, and the languages in which she writes, thinks and dreams.
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