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December 21, 2020

A Banana in Paris

A poem by ANNA DANG.   I.   ‘All Passports’, says the sign in front of me, I push mine sideways through the hole, like..
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December 10, 2020

Mary Wollstonecraft: The Silver Barbie Doll of North London?

ANNA DANG contemplates whether Maggi Hambling’s new statue of Mary Wollstonecraft does justice to the writer and activist’s legacy.   London is a city that..
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November 12, 2020

Review: Avni Doshi’s Burnt Sugar

ANNA DANG reviews American writer Avni Doshi’s novel, Burnt Sugar, which has been shortlisted for this year’s Booker prize.    There’s nothing quite like a..
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November 4, 2020

Review: Bloomsbury Festival’s ‘London Street Signs’

ANNA DANG reviews Alistair Hall’s London Street Signs event from the literary programme at this year’s Bloomsbury Festival.    For those who are unfamiliar with..
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October 22, 2020

Yaoi, Porn, and Female Sexuality

ANNA DANG contemplates the harmful effects of mainstream heterosexual porn, and her experiences with the yaoi genre.   According to Wikipedia, yaoi is ‘a genre..
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October 13, 2020

Desanctifying the Giants

ANNA DANG reflects on the Western canon as she encourages us to confront our idolisation of literary giants.  There are names in the Western literary..
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