June Bellebono on the pigeonholing of identities, being commissioned on topics other than that which you embody, and Love Island.
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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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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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When a Country’s Soul Succumbs: Laws, Migration and Culture
The 2022 StAnza Lecture by Mona Arshi.
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From Ajdabiya to Rome
Najwa Bin Shatwan on her geographic and writerly journey. Translated by Sawad Hussain.
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Something Different Altogether: A Conversation with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan on Islamophobia, storytelling, and the politics of existing.
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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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Delhi’s Educational Underbelly
Anandi Mishra on Mukherjee Nagar and her journey to writing.
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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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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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My Character, My Pseudonym, and Me
Fatima Daas on names. Translated by Lara Vergnaud.
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All My Languages
Ariel Saramandi on Mauritius, identity, and the languages in which she writes, thinks and dreams.
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Dwelling in and ‘Writing’ the City
Daniela Hodrová on the city. Translated by Elena Sokol.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Translating Simone de Beauvoir
Lauren Elkin on translating de Beauvoir’s newly discovered novel The Inseparables.
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