Arts & Culture

In our Arts & Culture section, Litro explores the intersections between arts and culture, lifestyle, living and travel. Including Theatre reviews and dispatches from live cultural events from across the globe; with features on forthcoming exhibitions, public art, contemporary artists, and Litro’s own performance series, Litro Live! And everything else in between.

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: THE LAST POMEGRANATE TREE

Twenty-one years of solitary imprisonment have made the Kurdish freedom-fighter Muzafar-i Subhdam a nomad, roaming inside his own thoughts… Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: THE LAST POMEGRANATE TREE

by Goran Baba Ali • April 20, 2023April 22, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Mine

I just saw your beautiful fox: my neighbor texts me on her early morning walk past my house. I’ve seen the fox many times, usually over the first sips ...

by Sara Maria Greene • April 15, 2023April 12, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: IN THE BELLY OF THE CONGO

It goes without saying that colonialism has far-reaching, perhaps never-ending impacts. Encourage the letting go of the past in the perceived hope of a better future. But can we forget? ...

by Anna-Maria Poku • April 13, 2023April 12, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Year Three

“We’ll just move far away from everyone, Mark declares, too far for people to visit.” Today’s EssaySaturday USA is “Year Three” by Edie Meade. Continue Reading Year Three

by Edie Meade • April 8, 2023April 8, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: WAR DIARY

The images of Ukraine follow a familiar beat: unjustified mass violence, the corpses of victims, ravished buildings. Yevgenia Belorusets created a diary of the first few months of war, but ...

by Christina Obolenskaya • April 6, 2023April 6, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: STOLEN

It is one thing to lose something, but quite another to have had it stolen. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: STOLEN

by Barbara Wheatley • March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

#EssaySaturday USA 25 March: Sealight

“This place has fast become our sanctuary…” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Sealight” by Chris Ray. Continue Reading #EssaySaturday USA 25 March: Sealight

by Chris Ray • March 25, 2023March 26, 2023

Arts & Culture, Literature, Reviews, Uncategorised

BOOK REVIEW: RIVER SPIRIT

A sense of inevitability pervades “River Spirit ” as seven narrators negotiate the personal, political and religious challenges of Sudan in the late nineteenth century. Continue Reading BOOK ...

by Anna Hattersley • March 23, 2023March 24, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

On Not Knowing

“I moved here to embrace the not knowing. It doesn’t come easily.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “On Not Knowing” by Katherine Plumhoff. Continue Reading On Not Knowing

by Katherine Plumhoff • March 18, 2023March 19, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Reviews, Translations

SEA OF EDEN

A love letter to humanity and nature, art and culture. Continue Reading SEA OF EDEN

by Jane Wright • March 16, 2023March 18, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Wherever You Go, There You Are

“Just like that, my world unravelled in seconds.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Wherever You Go, There You Are” by Teresa Shimogawa. Continue Reading Wherever You Go, There You ...

by Teresa Shimogawa • March 11, 2023March 12, 2023

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BOOK REVIEW: ALL YOUR CHILDREN, SCATTERED

A story that crosses four generations of a family, “All Your Children, Scattered” looks at how communication breaks down, and how it might be repaired. Continue Reading BOOK ...

by Adam Ley-Lange • March 9, 2023March 10, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

Nowhere Lake

“At Nowhere Lake, all was abandoned as if in midsentence.” Today’s #EssaySaturday USA is “Nowhere Lake” by Anita Kestin. Continue Reading Nowhere Lake

by Anita Kestin • March 4, 2023March 5, 2023

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BOOK REVIEW: SIBLINGS

As a relatively young author, Brigitte Reimann imbued the novel with her convictions and enthusiasm for the work that her generation was doing to rebuild a post-war Germany that was ...

by Francesca Ferrauto • March 2, 2023March 5, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Literature, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: SALT CRYSTALS

An uncompromising new voice from San Andres that describes a magical, transcendent place. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: SALT CRYSTALS

by Jackie Morris • February 16, 2023February 16, 2023

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BOOK REVIEW: THE COLOUR LINE

Scego blends Italy’s contentious past and present, unearthing the layers beneath Rome’s glittering surface. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: THE COLOUR LINE

by Noreen Kane • February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

The Carlton Arms

“It was a nightmare,” he recalls. “There were hookers turning tricks in the bathroom and junkies shooting up in the halls. If you were predisposed for a nervous breakdown, then ...

by Donald Ranard • February 4, 2023February 13, 2023

Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews, Translations, Uncategorised

BOOK REVIEW: A MOUNTAIN TO THE NORTH, A LAKE TO THE SOUTH, PATHS TO THE WEST, A RIVER TO THE EAST

This novel simply is. Give it the time and attention it deserves and it will stay with you for the rest of your life Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: ...

by Tamar Drukker • February 2, 2023February 3, 2023

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Translations

BOOK REVIEW: IS THERE RUSH HOUR IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY?

How can we map new itineraries of empathy? Cartography is a way to organise knowledge, and a walk is what grounds those ideas in reality. Continue Reading BOOK ...

by Phương Anh • January 26, 2023January 27, 2023

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BOOK REVIEW: EVERYTHING CALLS FOR SALVATION

This book is a humane lesson on how to remain kind and sensitive towards our fellow struggling humans Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: EVERYTHING CALLS FOR SALVATION

by Francesca Ferrauto • January 19, 2023January 20, 2023

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