Tag: loss
The Greatest Need: The Creative Life and Troubled Times of Lily Tobias, a Welsh Jew in Palestine, by Jasmine Donahaye
Eluned Gramich sings in praise of readers of unkosher novels and among them, Lily Tobias, the subject of Jasmine Donahaye’s expert biography in Honno’ …
Read moreTilt by Rosalind Hudis
For Alicia Byrne Keane, Rosalind Hudis’ debut collection, with its themes of disability and loss, is tinged with fairy-tale and reveals an artist’s ey …
Read moreSliced Tongue and Pearl Cufflinks
Kittie Belltree’s words, ‘so deep, so dark and dislocating, in the first poem of this collection, are no exaggeration. Reading it in one sitting evoke …
Read moreStillicide
Stillicide looks like it would mean something to do with the death of peace and tranquillity. It’s actually an archaic word for ‘the falling of water’ …
Read moreBorscht Without Tears
Phil and I were making the most of the late summer sun. There was a ripple of autumn through the salty evening air, but it was still warm enough for o …
Read moreUnspoken II
A secret fell from a seventh-floor window – flung out in a frenzied exchange. As it plummeted, incidents from its life raced across the face of the mo …
Read moreGeorge Carr Reviews Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi (Bloomsbury)
SCROLL DOWN FOR SCRIPT George Carr reviews the novel Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi (published by Bloomsbury on 18 April). Researched, …
Read moreDignity: a Letter
Dignity is published on 4 April. Although many of the social and historical aspects of Dignity come from family experience and other primary and secon …
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