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Literature · May, 2023

Stories about Literature from May, 2023

Interview with the author of “The Fugitive of Gezi Park”

Marking the ten-year anniversary of the Gezi Park protests

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

27 May 2023

Who will this generation be after the war in Ukraine?

I became part of the generation who are fighting for Ukraine

Written by Artem Chekh

26 May 2023

‘Central Asian literature exists regionally only in Russian': Interview with Russophone Uyghur writer Ramil Niyazov-Adyldzhyan

No one has a greater oedipal complex in relation to the US than Russian liberals

Written by Filip Noubel

25 May 2023

With the death of Pema Tseden, Tibetan cinema just lost its most iconic director

His films spotlighted Tibetan history, culture, and society

Written by Filip Noubel

20 May 2023

Prolific Jamaican writer Kwame McPherson wins the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story regional prize for the Caribbean

'Everything is a story'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

17 May 2023

Why does Trinidad & Tobago tax books?

'Books are expensive'

Written by Guest Contributor

4 May 2023

Brian Samuel’s extraordinary story of a nomadic Caribbean family and the father who held it together

'I cried for the mother I never had ... but you have got to forgive, haven’t you?'

Written by Emma Lewis

1 May 2023

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Literature · May, 2023

Stories about Literature from May, 2023

Interview with the author of “The Fugitive of Gezi Park”

Who will this generation be after the war in Ukraine?

‘Central Asian literature exists regionally only in Russian': Interview with Russophone Uyghur writer Ramil Niyazov-Adyldzhyan

With the death of Pema Tseden, Tibetan cinema just lost its most iconic director

Prolific Jamaican writer Kwame McPherson wins the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story regional prize for the Caribbean

Why does Trinidad & Tobago tax books?

Brian Samuel’s extraordinary story of a nomadic Caribbean family and the father who held it together

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