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Looking at Neruda: Searching for Meaning
by Emilia RiethRead more: Looking at Neruda: Searching for MeaningPhoto by Uniliber One of my proudest possessions is a collection of Pablo Neruda’s love poems in the original Spanish. I bought it for 2€ at a book stall in a subway station in Barcelona when I was 16 and my Spanish was far from good enough to fully grasp the meaning of the poems.…
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Writer’s Block #51
Read more: Writer’s Block #51After much anticipation, we are thrilled to present the 51st issue of Writer’s Block! This issue marks the start of a new chapter, one that’s filled with new ideas, stories, and creative energy. A special thanks goes out to all of our talented contributors for their hard work and dedication. You can download the magazine…
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To Be Seen, To Be Distinguished
Read more: To Be Seen, To Be DistinguishedLast week, I was talking to my boyfriend on the phone and he told me about this friend of his, who admitted that she often had intrusive thoughts. This comment, made in the most laid back environment possible, made an impact, because what she meant was not what the media has been calling an intrusive…
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The Invention of Time: Reflections on the New Year 2025
Read more: The Invention of Time: Reflections on the New Year 2025What is this new year? What has changed?– I have frequently asked myself, staring into a sky lightened up by colourful lights at midnight 1st January. There is champagne, partying, playing board games, concerts and films on TV. Change is in the air; politicians make promises of a better economy, cooperation and security; individuals make…
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Country Music: the Peaks and Valleys of Small-Town-Problems
Read more: Country Music: the Peaks and Valleys of Small-Town-ProblemsBetty Boots on Music Row, by Tim Bagwell With 2024 fading into the brown-backroad-haze of our collective rearview-mirror, smudged further by the revved up dirt of an already historically tumultuous January, it becomes possible to view the year as a whole and begin to guess at its role in history. The year of war and…
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