On learning to write again

Ramallah, downtown, fifth floor. The phone rings and the caller’s number appears on the screen. It’s an unknown number. And yet a call that comes at this hour must be answered.

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Adania Shibli

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Beamer, Dressman, Bodybag

Alexander Wells

On the unexpected joys of Denglisch, Berlinglish & global Englisch. « My own language, made camp. »

Europas & bulls

The Editors

A logo might start as a designer’s whim. Only then does one look for meanings to fill it with. On Europas: mythic, artistic, fictional, political, psychological, satirical, and finally unfinished.

Borderland

Dorthe Nors

The great storm surge is coming, it has always been coming in the borderland between Denmark and Germany. Here, Danish writer Dorthe Nors visits the Frisian Wadden Sea island of Sylt, as part of her travels along the North Sea coast.

Grænseland

Dorthe Nors

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