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personal essaysMay 19, 2022June 14, 2022

I Want to Be Commissioned to Review Love Island

June Bellebono on the pigeonholing of identities, being commissioned on topics other than that which you embody, and Love Island.

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personal essaysMay 10, 2022May 30, 2022

I Do Not Want You to Escape the Real World

Yara Rodrigues Fowler on material as a part of reading, the making of zines, and writing there are more things.

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personal essaysApril 22, 2022May 19, 2022

Osman Kavala and the Life of the Mind

Thomas de Waal on sending Osman Kavala books to read in Silivri Prison.

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long readApril 8, 2022May 10, 2022

When a Country’s Soul Succumbs: Laws, Migration and Culture

The 2022 StAnza Lecture by Mona Arshi.

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personal essaysMarch 24, 2022April 22, 2022

From Ajdabiya to Rome

Najwa Bin Shatwan on her geographic and writerly journey. Translated by Sawad Hussain.

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interviewsMarch 17, 2022April 8, 2022

Something Different Altogether: A Conversation with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan on Islamophobia, storytelling, and the politics of existing.

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interviewsMarch 9, 2022March 30, 2022

My Crime, Being Born Illegal: Shen Yang in Conversation with Nicky Harman

Shen Yang speaks to Nicky Harman about the One Child policy, “excess-birth daughters”, and her memoir, More Than One Child.

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personal essaysMarch 7, 2022March 17, 2022

Delhi’s Educational Underbelly

Anandi Mishra on Mukherjee Nagar and her journey to writing.

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interviewsFebruary 15, 2022March 9, 2022

In All Its Forms: A Conversation with Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo on ghost stories, love stories, Trinidad, and grief.

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personal essaysFebruary 8, 2022December 22, 2022

Something Shadowless, Like You: Nedim Türfent Writes Back to Ai Weiwei from Prison

Kurdish poet and journalist Nedim Türfent responds to Ai Weiwei’s postcard.

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personal essaysJanuary 18, 2022February 15, 2022

My Character, My Pseudonym, and Me

Fatima Daas on names. Translated by Lara Vergnaud.

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personal essaysJanuary 11, 2022December 22, 2022

All My Languages

Ariel Saramandi on Mauritius, identity, and the languages in which she writes, thinks and dreams.

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personal essaysDecember 22, 2021August 31, 2022

Dwelling in and ‘Writing’ the City

Daniela Hodrová on the city. Translated by Elena Sokol.

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personal essaysDecember 20, 2021January 13, 2022

No Memories, Except Memories of a Memory

Sascha A. Akhtar on the literature of South Asia, and young people translating Urdu poetry.

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interviewsDecember 8, 2021December 22, 2021

The Epoch of Human Shame: An Interview with Samar Yazbek

Samar Yazbek on conflict, imagination and literature in Syria. Translated by Leri Price.

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interviewsNovember 30, 2021December 20, 2021

The Threat of the Mob: An Interview with Anuradha Roy

Anuradha Roy on artists facing threat, publishing in India, and literary dogs.

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personal essaysNovember 2, 2021November 2, 2021

The Mountbatten Materials: Censoring an Archive

Andrew Lownie on making the Mountbatten diaries and letters public, and the importance of writers’ access to archives.

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personal essaysOctober 28, 2021December 8, 2021

Listening to the Flesh: For Tsitsi Dangarembga

Panashe Chigumadzi on Tsitsi Dangarembga, commissioned to celebrate Dangarembga winning the 2021 PEN Pinter Prize.

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interviewsOctober 26, 2021November 30, 2021

Everyone’s In, Everyone’s Out: A Conversation with Tice Cin

Tice Cin on North London, North Cyprus, and sensitivity reads.

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personal essaysOctober 6, 2021November 2, 2021

Translating Simone de Beauvoir

Lauren Elkin on translating de Beauvoir’s newly discovered novel The Inseparables.

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