Category Archives: Essay

We Are Far From Polished, Far From Pristine: The Impossibility of Finding a Perfect Translator by Kayleigh Herber Ultimately, there is a sizeable chance that the “perfect” translator for any given book might not even be within the consciousness of the publisher because of the way the selection process typically takes place. For a periodContinue reading “We Are Far From Polished, Far From Pristine: The Impossibility of Finding a Perfect Translator”

Storytelling and Solitude: Covid-19 pandemic edition by Ella van Driel We need isolation to create art, but we need connection with art to truly understand our own isolation. Especially in 2020, isolation plays on all of our minds. The global pandemic has created a reality for most of us where we have to isolate ourselvesContinue reading “Storytelling and Solitude: Covid-19 pandemic edition”

Lover’s confession by Mikolaj Bać  “All that we are is the result of what we have thought.”  Buddha  Photo by Mikolaj Bać Why do people still need personal essays in the era of exhibitionism, performed by celebrities on a regular basis? Perhaps even the quote above is taken from a lame motivational site called Great FocusContinue reading “Lover’s confession”

by Annika van Leeuwen New authors are often bombarded with advice about plot structure and character building. An often repeated piece of advice about characters is that you need to think about what your characters want and what they need – and the discrepancy between these two. This, the helpful experienced author says, is howContinue reading “Mothers Are People Too, and They Deserve a Lollipop”

Wreck or be Wrecked: Capitalism and the Ubiquitous Appeal of Millennial Fiction by Iulia Ivana The media is quick to designate writers of the contemporary moment as either too much, or not enough. We are the avocado toast generation, the internet proclaims. We are spoiled, rootless, and use too much irony as a way ofContinue reading “Wreck or be Wrecked: Capitalism and the Ubiquitous Appeal of Millennial Fiction”

THE GIDDY RELIEF OF READING REBECCA   (A conversation between the common reader and her brilliant friend)  by Maria Świątkowska It happens sometimes. In fact, it happens all the time. I’m reading a Classic. A Classic is supposed to pertain to humanity, of which I am a part. Which is to say: I am human. Or so I like to think.  AndContinue reading “The Giddy Relief of Reading Rebecca”