The Sleeping Dictionary
Jacob Silkstone reviews Sujata Massey’s ‘bold and ambitious’ new novel.
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Radnóti in Flames
Ottilie Mulzet reports from Hungary, where far-right extremists are burning the poems of Miklós Radnóti.
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Doris Lessing, professional contrarian
‘A professional contrarian’ whose work deserves to go on being admired. In memory of Doris Lessing (1919-2013).
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The Blind Man’s Garden
Isra Ansari finds plenty to admire in Nadeem Aslam’s latest novel.
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A Cold Second Coming
The Missing Slate’s Jacob Silkstone on Colm TóibÃn’s Booker-shortlisted The Testament of Mary.
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Elmore Leonard’s 10 rules of writing (and 50 reasons to ignore them) #8
Jacob Silkstone tells you to go ahead and write those ‘detailed descriptions’ after all…
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What is World Literature?
In the opening essay from ‘Literature at the Global Crossroads’, Anis Shivani reflects on the past, present, and future of ‘World Literature’
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Spotlight Writer: Farah Ghuznavi
Farah Ghuznavi discusses the dangers of stereotyping, the riches of Bangla literature, and the reasons why no one should be a writer…
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‘The buzz of the city translated into poetry’
Camille Ralphs reviews Best of Manchester Poets, Volume 3
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The (Anti-)Poet’s Home
Audrey Ryback travels to Chile in search of two of the twentieth-century’s greatest poets
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