Francesca Duke on the relevance, or irrelevance of Candide to a covid world.
Tag: literature
February Review: ‘Having and Being Had’
In our first February review Breeha Mazhar battles the anxieties and unease of spending with Eula Bliss’ collection of essays, ‘Having and Being Had’
Rain before Rainbows: An Interview with Alicia Hayden
Julia Merican in conversation with student poet Alicia Harden about her recent poetry collection ‘Rain before Rainbows’.
Top 3 Books that Got Me through Lockdown
Hetta Johnson on her 3 top books that got her through her first lockdown: good recommendations for some relaxing vac readings!
A Paradise and a Wasteland: the contradictory depictions of nature in literature
Emily Broughton describes the different meanings that nature assumes in literature: from idyllic escapism to dystopian reality, nature appears to be an ambivalent symbolic element used by many writers.
A Search for Catharsis: A Review of “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong
Yihang Fang reviews the beautifully written “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong.
Peonies: consuming otherness
Wei Kai takes us through the beauty and clarity of Zadie Smith’s newest essay collection ‘Intimations’.
Kae Tempest’s ‘On Connection’: A Review
Max Spokes’ personal perspective on Kae Tempest’s newest work ‘On Connection’.
The world in your head: A review of Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
Lily Down reviews Flights by Olga Tokarczuk. Fluidity, immateriality and constant travelling are the main characteristics of a novel we all need to read in Covid 19 times.
Too Much Reality?!: Why technology is absent from literature
We have had mobile phones for almost fifty years, social media in some capacity for the last twenty, and the iPhone for thirteen. For most, day-to-day life is so bound together by technology that it is hard to discern the difference between the world we live in online and the one we physically inhabit. We Read More…