AUGUST
Dark Matters
Beth’s dreams of late have taken on a dark, apocalyptic urgency. She finds herself in a place she describes as the isle of the dead, where she converses with demons, Read more →
Showing posts with tag: Editor’s Pick
AUGUST
The Diffraction of Light on the Fibres
‘Look,’ she points. ‘See how it moves in the breeze, how the gold threads dance in the sunshine. It shimmers like silk.’ He is interested and follows her gaze. They lie close, their bare arms touching.‘Oh, yes,’ he tells her. ‘That’s the diffraction of light on the fibres.’ Read more →
AUGUST
Taxed on Affection
Experience the guilt of making love under the crucifix. Experience the thrill. Read more →
JULY
Oasis
Instead, she reaches for the dial and turns it. Rain falls. Read more →
JULY
Night on the Hill
Any time I found trouble as a teenager, which happened frequently, my mother warned me that I would wind up like her older sister, my Aunt Beverly.
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JULY
They’re Just … Here
“Up to a billion birds die in collisions with glass each year in the United States.” Read more →
JULY
Taiki-chū no chinmoku (The Silence of Waiting)
Masuyo was married for fifty-eight years to the same man. She’d hated him for fifty-seven years. Read more →
JULY
Letter from the editor: Litro #164: Senses
For this issue, we sought sensual stories for a heady summer issue – gorgeous vistas (or eyesores), sweet scents (or foul stenches), delicious flavours (or ones that make you retch), melodious (or discordant) sounds, a loving touch or one less tender … Read more →
JUNE
Con Artists
At home I was stubborn and irrational, rejecting all the evidence that would contradict the one belief in which I had invested myself. Read more →
JUNE
The Storyteller
A world where we are not truly free to make our own stories, but must tell the stories we were taught to tell...
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JUNE
The Operation
She wants to fold back upon herself too, like petals...
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JUNE
The Inaugural Address
A rough translation of portions of Hitler’s speeches (1933 to 1938) as they relate to Trump’s inaugural (and other) speeches. Read more →
JUNE
Trump in B&W
Trump in Black and White is a collection of one hundred of the many, many statements he made pre- and post-election. This is the POTUS’s actual voice taken from speeches, debates, interviews, rallies and press conferences. So in a sense he created this art and would tell you it’s the very, very best piece here.
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JUNE
Hard Sell
October 29, 2011. Somewhere along Kabul’s infamous Darulaman Road, a Taliban suicide bomber rams a vehicle packed with explosives into the side of an American military armoured bus. Read more →
JUNE
Writing in the Realm of Alternative Facts
These days who are we to resist the temptation to cash in on this sudden cultural foray back into the world of alternativism. After all, fiction is fact! It would seem a good time to be in the trade of trading truths. Read more →
MAY
Litro #162: A Literary Highlife | Foreword
Dear Reader,
Every year, Litro publishes international editions focusing on a different parts of the globe. In 2016, we had an issue dedicated to Cuba, and one highlighting South Asian writing in English; we featured young voices like Aatish Taseer alongside established writers and artists like Shehan Karunatilaka and Coco Fusco.
As 2017 marks Ghana’s sixtieth birthday, our latest World Series installment, Literary Highlife, seeks to celebrate Ghana by inviting its neighbour Nigeria to join the party – we explore the literary and cultural landscape of both countries.
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MAY
Litro #162: Literary Highlife
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MAY
Litro #162: Literary Highlife | Transcripts of the Social Imaginary in Accra: Beyond Oxford Street
To get to the proper understanding of the social imaginary from looking at the street, however, a number of things have to be borne in mind. The first that Accra’s urbanscape is absolutely full of writing. Read more →
MAY
Litro #162: Literary Highlife | The Ferrymen
Taxicabs are everywhere in Ghana, and replete in the cities, the drivers play an indispensable role in Ghanaian society, and in our cities that have no regular transport services, this motley army of men connect communities, carry thousands on the daily commute, and then some. Read more →
MAY
Litro #162: Literary Highlife | Spit
January has been teaching me
that hurt can come from even the most comforting spaces. Read more →