As the days are getting shorter, we investigate things that are tucked away in dark corners of the brain – or the national consciousness.
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Editorial: on sport
Sport is emblematic of what goes on in society as a whole. In this issue of PEN Transmissions, we’ve looked at it as a method of inclusion – and exclusion. As a method of belonging as well as of extreme alienation.
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Editorial: nature and its absence
What do you think about when you think about nature? Weeds? Mountains? The sea? Do you think about its absence, or perceived absence, in cities? Or do you ponder human nature?
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Editorial: secrets
The idea that we are surrounded by secret undercurrents that shape our interactions is appealing and depressing in an equal fashion. Appealing because there are mysteries to be uncovered, intimacies to be shared.
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Editorial: writing the past
We asked four writers to reflect on different aspects of how they write the past: from personal history to a country’s official past…
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Editorial: hope after crisis
We asked four writers what happens after a revolution, after a political crisis or transformation, once the cameras have moved on, when it’s just you and the aftermath of whatever happened.
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