I got acquainted with Chika Unigwe when I met her as my thesis advisor at Georgia College, where she teaches Creative Writing. That meeting prompted me to read her books, such as Better Never than Late, a collection of stories, and The Middle Daughter, a novel. Both works deeply influenced me, particularly in the way…
“Every ending carries the seed of a beginning. After the silence, the voices return…” The Thirteenth Edition of “Life and Legends” – “Autumn Renewal” is now live. To read the current edition, please visit us at www.lifeandlegends.com
Five Wartime Haikus * Planes roar over the city,the residents pour into the schoolyard.Are we in hell, or do we get a pass this time? над городом ревут самолётыжители высыпали на школьный двор:мы в аду или в этот раз обойдётся? * A long story, unfortunatelythe story of a diseaseof one strange man. долгая история, к…
But Why Aren’t We Dead Our Lieutenant? But why aren’t we dead, our Lieutenant?We laid down our lives, as you taught:we heavily bled, our Lieutenant,bit into the ravings we got, we sang psalms of old, our Lieutenant —the songs of the wild virgin land,expected the cold, our Lieutenant,did everything at your command. There’re milestones ahead,…
. Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today‘ competition and has been nominated…
. Jean L. Kreiling is a Professor of Music at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts and the author of two collections of poetry, both available at amazon.com: Arts & Letters & Love (2018) and The Truth in Dissonance (2014). She is a past winner of the Able Muse Write Prize, the Great Lakes Commonwealth of…
BIO Sarita Jenamani (India/Austria) was born in Cuttack, Orissa and studied Economics and Management Studies in India and Austria. She writes in English, Hindi as well as in her mother tongue, Odia. Having three books of poetry, she has been published in a number of anthologies and international literary journal including the prestigious PEN international…
BIO Born on January 1st, 1951, in the village of Sitapur, Madhya Pradesh, India, Uday Praksh (उदय प्रकाश) is a significant name in Hindi literature. He is known for his poetry collections – Ambar Mein Ababeel (2019), Raat Mein Harmonium (1998), EK Bhasha Hua Karati Hai (2009), Abootar Kabootar (1984), and Suno kārīgara (1980). Uday Prakash is also a novelist, story writer, essayist, and translator. He…
BIO Sedat Umran (1925–2013, real name Osman Sedat Öcal) was a Turkish poet who spent his youth in Istanbul. He studied German language and literature, and worked as a commercial translator for various companies in the city of Izmir. He authored many books of poetry, culminating in 2000 with the publication of his collected poems,…
BIO Jhilmil Breckenridge is a poet, writer and activist. She is the Founder of Bhor Foundation, a mental health charity. Her areas of work are mental health, domestic violence and trauma. Jhilmil is currently working on a PhD in the UK and her poetry and other writings have been widely published and anthologised. Jhilmil is…
Contrary to the metaphorical idiom “The Elephant in the Room,” the presence of an elephant in Indian culture is considered auspicious, and it is welcomed everywhere in the country. An Elephant, in Indian culture symbolizes power, strength and good fortune, as well as wisdom and intellect. From this perspective, Indian literature can be metaphorically compared…
BIO Souhaib Enjrainy is a Syrian poet, writer and journalist. He was born in Aleppo in 1980. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Arabic language and literature. He has published two poetry collections: Circular Drawings (2003) and You Do Not Have To Embrace Grass (2016). He also has published one novel, The bridge (2008). He…
