Sailing against the tide
The writer C. J. Hopkins, who is an American but lives in Germany, is being sentenced to pay a fine or face prison for a couple of tweets comparing the Covid lockdown totalitarianism to Nazi Germany. His “crime” is to have posted two tweets showing a swastika, which, as you know, can be considered a crime…
I am not usually a great fan of contemporary poetry, but here’s a pretty nice poem by American poet Christine E. Black about living under lockdown. Republished from here. Ragamuffins in Lockdown Time I want to be the child In my neighborhood, Kicking a ball down a wet street, Dirty snow and ice crusting cars,…
The first number of our magazine is now in its print version, in very limited number, but high quality. With A4 size, 250g glossy paper, and full-quality colour images, it is really a sight to behold. The magazine can be purchased in our shop, or read in the online version. It contains short stories and…
A few days ago (August 24th) marked 121 years since the birth of Jorge Luis Borges. I am currently researching a bit about his life, as one of my future projects would be to write a new book about Argentinean literature. Of course, a lot has been written about Borges, and I’ve read a lot…