Rediscovering Freedom with Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing
Effia and Esi have never met. Their stories begin in the mid-18th century Ghana, when the British slave trade starts to flourish in the country. One of the two half-sisters…
Culture Is not Cancelled II : Creatives Share Their Inspiration
The year 2020 left us with a feeling of unease and uncertainty, which has persisted in 2021, as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc around the globe. In a similar…
Review: Amalie Smith’s MARBLE
Amalie Smith photographed by David Stjernholm Amalie Smith is a Danish visual artist and writer, who has received numerous accolades in both fields of her work. Her novel Marble came…
Tormented dreams of E. A. Poe and H. P. Lovecraft
“It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in the future existence, we shall look upon what we think of our present existence, as a dream."Edgar Allan Poe There…
Editorial Picks for Winter 2020: Prototype, Charco Press, Comma Press, and Hyperidean Press
Making the list of our editorial picks for the winter of 2020 was not an easy task, considering the many wonderful titles that were published, in spite of the emergence…
Immortality of Poetry: A Review of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
If you are a fan of epic sci-fi space opera literature, you have either read or heard of the titan of its genre - the Hyperion Cantos. Although set in…
Review: Helen Marten’s debut novel The Boiled in Between
The Boiled in Between is the debut novel by Turner Prize-winning artist Helen Marten, a work of fiction that will surely be acclaimed for its author's bold and innovative geist.…