Talia Marshall's debut book Whaea Blue (2024) is a force of nature. Abandoning neutral expressions of praise, New Zealand's reviewers have spoken of it in tones of dazed warning: the book is 'stunning', 'haunted', and 'alarming in its honesty'. But while it has its wild moments, it also has notes of humour and gentleness, 'whaea' means mother or aunty...
Candid classroom conversations with students on an undisclosed army base in Kuwait.
Crazy Khalid
“Guys! Listen! Hey!”
Ten minutes into English class and the talking (in...
I saw four fair creatures
travelling together. Dark were their tracks,
the path very black. Swift was their motion,
faster than fowl they flew through the air,
dove...
A couple of friends have requested more detail re. Sicilian dinners. Although I’ve had a few bad meals here— leathery pizza, vomitous ham-and-pea lasagne,...
One of the oldest Egyptian hieroglyphs is the papyrus stem wadj , indicating ‘green’, ‘growth’ and ‘youth’. Papyrus groves symbolized fertility and life itself in...
