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How to Haunt Yourself
“I read to be scared, to dwell in fear like a child. It’s like I snagged my jumper on a barb long ago, and the thread has been playing out ...
Women Writers and Other Fighters
In addition to talent, exclusion is also a strong component in Brazilian literature. Rosane Carneiro addresses this, through a singular and bold history that is common in the country. ...
Homage to Clarice
In March 2013, after thirty-eight years of campaigning, Clarice Herzog and her children received a new death certificate for her husband. Vladimir Herzog (1937-1975) was killed under torture during Brazil’s ...
Siddhartha’s Way to Enlightenment
Miriam Gordis finds unlikely parenting advice in Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha. Continue Reading Siddhartha’s Way to Enlightenment
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The Wrong Way to Eat an Artichoke
“Maybe ‘no means no’ wasn’t a thing yet, because my mouth was about to get raped by an artichoke. My dad walked around the table and tried again to push ...
Old Grandmasters Never Die, They Just Fade Away
“I hardly ever play chess any more and I don’t miss it. It’s clear now that it was never the game that kept me turning up. Grumpy, irritable and cold, ...
On Class and Writing a Novel
No matter how hard he tries, Charlie Hill can’t put the question of class behind him. Especially when it comes to writing his novels. Continue Reading On Class ...
Litro #128: Youth, Travel&Lifestyle
How to Eat a Hot Dog
Essential advice for dining out while growing up. Continue Reading How to Eat a Hot Dog
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About Monsieur
Lawrence Durrell’s Monsieur is battered, foxed, faded, broken… It is a book about ruined lives, as so many fine novels are. It is also about the mystery of things. There ...
Aurora Borealis: Waiting for the Light
“I did my research before I came. This is the most likely time to see them. This is the peak of the solar cycle. But the clouds don’t pay attention ...
Páramo
“Time passes slowly in the Paramó. Our warm blood palpates through the mountains now, amid the cold, continuous rain.” Geoff Bendeck finds emptiness and loss in Ecuador. Continue ...
Tunisia’s Search for Identity
After the mass street demonstrations in Tunisia which brought about a change in government and inspired the Arab Spring, Alison Kieler revisits a country unsure about its identity and future. ...
Two Plastic Bags and a Wristband
Life on the cancer ward ebbs and flows in the way it does in any other tributary. A flutter of motion here, an abstract thought there. The need to eat ...
Three Minutes of Fame in New York
Reality TV shows and flipping burgers in New York. Continue Reading Three Minutes of Fame in New York
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The Town Pool
Down on his luck and struggling to make ends meet, Carlos Cunha finds a temporary respite behind the chain-link fence of the municipal pool. Continue Reading The Town ...
The Pulse of Exploitation
“I found it hard to speak to the bubbly PAs and managers with their polyester suits, their watchful eyes and fake enthusiasm for everything hotel-related. The Polish cleaners knew the ...
Maha Kumbh Mela: The Largest Gathering on Earth
Photographer Kris Hariharan’s beautiful images of the largest peaceful human gathering on earth, the religious ritual of immersion in the Ganges. Continue Reading Maha Kumbh Mela: The Largest ...
God Rides the Bus in Sudan
The truck veers suddenly to the left and screeches to a halt. The driver’s door opens and he emerges with a shotgun in one hand, hitching his robes up with ...
Infinite Loop: Recording Ourselves
Diana J Wynne time travels into the past of her family through the recordings they left, from the 78 LPs of her great-grandfather, Kid Morris the boxer and his housekeeper ...
Tea and Tear Gas in Turkey
In her column Slow Travel Stories, Claire Harris witnesses the police using tear gas on demonstrators in Taksim Square, Istanbul. Continue Reading Tea and Tear Gas in Turkey
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