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The Thrill of Amber – Germany’s Historical East – A Plea for Humanity
Escape from Königsberg, Prussia, January 1945
“My dearest father,
.... We were going to go out and, all of a sudden, planes came and – rum,...
Once Rilke’s Wife
The Invasion is over. Russia will display its power and its might in a victory parade in Mariupol on 9 May which will take...
The Lesbian Passion of Virginia Woolf
And so I come to the lady in the water, the sinner (but in the end aren't we all sinners). Virginia Woolf in the...
Daisy Rockwell on translating
To communicate effectively, one must learn as many languages as possible. And if it is not possible to do that, one must ideally try...
Namita Gokhale – The name behind Jaipur Literature Festival
A woman who wears many hats and an inspiration for writers across India, Namita Gokhale carries a vibrant persona of enthusiasm for art and...
Helen Benedict: On making the military more inclusive for women
Helen Benedict is a novelist specializing in social injustice, refugees and violence against women. She is best known for her work highlighting military sexual...
Tide may be turning for African literature
Authors: Ash Narain Roy and Aishwarya Parihar
Introduction
First the Latin American and later the Indian writers stormed the global literary scene and became a vibrant...
The Cemetery Of The Mind
This is me. The voices are inside my head. Calling me. Speaking in ancient tongues. They talk and talk and talk. The damage is...
On watching David Mamet in an African context
His boots made a squelching sound. In the whorl of her ear a squelching noise on the welcome home mat. The man was quick....
Karen Blixen out of a storybook on Africa
Symbol of Danish hope in Kenya growing coffee I put away wild birds one day and they returned to me as a cuckoo clock....