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 →
Showing posts with tag: Editor’s Pick
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 →
MAY
Litro #162: Literary Highlife | The Dark Haunts Nigeria
Do not blame us for filling out
churches, we are praying against the things
the dark attracts. Read more →
MAY
Litro #162: Literary Highlife | Interview: Jenn Nkiru
Director Jenn Nkiru’s En Vogue, an experimental, high-concept, bold short film documenting the potent vitality of New York’s voguing and ballroom subculture, marked the arrival of an exciting new voice. Read more →
MAY
Litro #162: Literary Highlife | Charcoal
I know it is strange, perhaps even unheard of, for an old woman like me to do this. Fingers will be pointed and tongues will be wagged till they nearly fall out. Read more →
APRIL
Love Letter To London
You annoy me sometimes, but still, I’m drawn to you like the magnetic north. Like iron filings in a school physics lesson; fragments of me arc this way and that, partly repelled, partly attracted. Read more →
APRIL
The Forgotten Hill Station
David Berry recalls a trip to the Himalayan town of Dalhousie 40 years ago. Read more →
APRIL
Post-Mortem
Fucking had become like a production line. Pound the two together until they fit, even when they don’t belong together, and pound once more for good measure. Then in the morning, or even partway through the night, push them off the bed when finished. Read more →
APRIL
The Thermodynamics of Glass
Andie’d had girlfriends before; she knew what to do. She worked out five times a week. Jaye loved her biceps and her deep, dark eyes. They were lab partners for four years.
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APRIL
Hairfall
It hit her body like acid: first it blacked everything out, then it projected a stream of kaleidoscopic images before her eyes, it dilated her pupils and caused her limbs to shake uncontrollably Read more →