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Nawal in Stockholm / Courtesy of the author It is a herculean task to attempt to capture essence of the writer, physician, and global activist Nawal El Saadawi. There is so much to say, th... -
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Weina Dai Randel burst onto the literary scene a number of years ago with her duology about Empress Wu Zetian, China’s first woman leader. After...
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It did not weep
did not plead for mercy
nor complain.
It fell silently,
the tree.
~~~
My hands,
yellow as...
Leading up to the COP26 conference, in September 2021 several hundred protesters met in London’s Parliament Square before marching to the Home...
Jean Giono at his home, Le Paraïs, in Manosque, France, 1942 / Photo by André Zucca / Courtesy Les Amis de Jean Giono
Written late in...
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Today is publication day for a new translation of Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural, a Tamil...
