Saturday 30 December 2023
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Saturday 28 October 2023
A Different Darkness and Other Abominations by Luigi Musolino
A Different Darkness and Other Abominations
by Luigi Musolino
Translated by James D. Jenkins
with an introduction by Brian Evenson
Saturday 30 September 2023
Tuesday 22 August 2023
Monday 14 August 2023
Għera
“Leħen il-Malti”
is a yearly publication by Għaqda tal-Malti – Università. This literary society and
its annual journal were founded in 1931 by Rużar
Briffa and Ġużé Bonnici, two medical undergrads with a love for the Maltese language
who would eventually become leading figures in the history of Maltese
literature. Leħen il-Malti is
still going strong, publishing prose, poetry and academic articles by young
and/or emerging writers, alongside pieces by more established authors.
Alas, last week I was informed that neither of the two poems I submitted for this year’s edition was accepted for publication. Rejection naturally brings disappointment, but I’m still thankful that pieces of mine were included in the past three years, and happy to learn that works by authors I admire (some of whom are also friends) will be featured in the forthcoming edition.
In my view, there’s little point to writing if it is not shared, so here’s Għera (“Nakedness”), one of the two poems, finding a home on this blog. The illustration I chose is a painting by English artist Joshua Goodfellow. It’s called “Room” and is taken from the painter’s series “The Uncanny”. I think it fits the mood of the poem - a bit weird, surreal but also strangely hopeful.
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The Short End of the Sonnenallee by Thomas Brussig
Friday 31 March 2023
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Tuesday 31 January 2023
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