A captivating feat of imagination, Jennifer imagines the mother she never had. The biological daughter of a Russian pianist, she writes her into her life. Continue Reading Daughters ...
Embark on a journey of love and music as a man’s chance encounter with a mysterious pianist unfolds into unexpected harmony. Continue Reading Unfinished
An El Camino car and a time-travelling stereo takes you on a tour of Oxnard’s history: Native Americans, the Zoot Suit Riots, French Colonialists, and more. Continue Reading ...
One of memory’s slyer tricks is to colour things with a sense of foreboding. When I think of that night in Siena, the details seem prescient. The moon against a ...
A man looks in a mirror and undergoes a transformation Continue Reading ALL GOULD THINGS
It is fashionable to rediscover brilliant but unrecognized records. Perhaps it’s an appeal to the notion that good work should be acknowledged — that wrongs are righted by belated praise. ...
A starchild searches for a home. A love-lorn woman seeks revenge on the lover (and sister) that wrong her. A father and son duke it out over the dinner table. ...
Sean Beaudoin chooses a dozen albums from his punk rock novel Wise Young Fool and pairs each, like a fine wine or craft cocktail, with a perfectly suited novel. Plus ...
Is Dido lifting her lyrics from Jacques Prévert? Are Bloc Party paying tribute or plagiarising? Clémence Sebag investigates the relationship between pop music and poetry, from Mick Jagger to Metallica ...
With every sequel, with every repetition of form and the creation of tropes, our ability to find a little mystery we can relate to disappears.We begin to know what a ...
No matter how depressed James Blake may get, he’ll never be as depressed as someone who isn’t James Blake. Someone who isn’t world famous. Someone who doesn’t have the attention ...
At that moment, the power was switched off; quite typical of Nigeria, where there has never been a constant power supply. The dining room became dark. I was suspicious of ...
Technology is a wonderful, sometimes baffling thing: nowadays, you can pause live television, store up to 23,700 photos on a tiny memory card and send an email from your mobile ...
In this day and age, when we’re being constantly brainwashed by poppy tunes emanating from every possible audio device, it’s easy to forget that song writing is an art form, ...
Litro‘s experience at the Wilderness Festival: “Put your hand up if you’re ready to play Frisbee Tree Golf!” Mr. Moore of the Idler Academy is rubbing his hands nervously in ...
Stoke Newington hosted its second literary festival on Friday 3rd to Sunday 4th of June, a programme of events which has the long term goal of raising awareness and funds for literacy ...
We are pleased to announce the line up for our next Litro Live! event, at the Camden Crawl on the May Bank Holiday weekend. For full details, please take a ...
Where? Abbey Tavern Date? Saturday, 30 April 2011 We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Litro Live! event at Camden Crawl for the second year running! Guests can ...
I used to relax by watching films and reading, and although that does still do it for me a lot of times it can be work. Now I’ve allowed myself ...
