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L. Frank Baum and the Wonder of Oz
By Kenny Chumbley
He saw his story as a “modernized fairy tale,” but he put no fairies in it. He meant it to be without...
Three Poems : By Michael G. Smith
How To Approach a Tree
As if it were the sole
being in a sea of hot sand,
its furrowed bark an open
gate to the pure land
you...
Revenge – By Blaze Minevski
Translated from Macedonian by Elizabeta Bakovska
The delivery of the last falcon for the sultan was late for almost three full years. Although Davidov, limping...
L. Frank Baum and the Wonder of Oz
By Kenny Chumbley
He saw his story as a “modernized fairy tale,” but he put no fairies in it. He meant it to be without...
Andrew Lang, The Master of Fairyland
By Kenny Chumbley
In the late 19th century, fairy tales had fallen out of favor with the general public; some educationalists even attacked them as...
J. M. Barrie and The Pan
By Kenny Chumbley
“You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all...
H. Rider Haggard: Northern Lights and Valkyries
By Kenny Chumbley
Before Indiana Jones, there was Allan Quatermain; before The Last Jedi, there was King Solomon’s Mines;and before the 1958 swashbuckler, The Vikings,...
Naishapur and Babylon – By Keki N. Daruwalla
Review by Anjana Basu
Despite the Machine Guns
The warped image of a kingfisher in the water - at least it is a bird, at least...
Aura – ( A Novel by Carlos Fuentes ) By Ted Gioia
Felipe Montero sits reading a newspaper in a seedy café, when he is startled by a classified ad. The solicitation seems written with him...
In my Patina Cup- By Sadia Khan
Book Review by Shazia Batool Naqvi
The metaphorical Title of this volume: “In my Patina Cup” brought to mind the gem words of Muriel Rukeyser(1):...
XXL – By Aditya Shankar
Review by Rajesh Subramanian
Aditya Shankar has been trying to set a unique poetic path for himself, with an unusual language structure, metaphoric themes and...
There is No Subject that isn’t Poetic Material – An Interview with Erin Rodoni
By Rajesh Subramanian
Erin Rodoni is the author of two full length poetry collections: Body, in Good Light (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2017) and A Landscape for Loss (NFSPS Press,...
The Life of a Literary Agent – An interview with Stefano Bisacchi
By Rajesh Subramanian
Stefano Bisacchi manages a reputed literary agency, Tempi Irregolari ( https://www.tempirregolari.com/ ) and has been instrumental in arranging the publication of translations...
Magical Realism or Realism ? – Isabel Allende
Chilean author Isabel Allende won worldwide acclaim when her bestselling first novel, The House of the Spirits, was published in 1982. In addition to...
Always on Writer’s Side : Kanishka Gupta
By Rajesh Subramanian
In 2009, Kanishka Gupta was the youngest author on the long-list of the Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel History Of...
