No Rhododendron: A book review by Dr. Tulasi Aacharya No Rhododendron (University of Pittsburgh Press , 2025), a poetry collection by Samyak Shertok Poetry of meditation and philosophy from the foothills of Himalaya “No Rhododendron” by Samyak Shertok the winner of the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry is a collection of inventive imageries deriving from the…
Like Water on Leaves of Taro: A Book Review by Candice Louisa Daquin Like Water on Leaves of Taro (Colorful Crow Publishing, 2025), a Himalaya memoir, by Dr. Tulasi Acharya Dr. Acharya’s Like Water on Leaves of Taro is the quintessential immigrant’s dilemma, the urge to protect family and the necessity of earning an income…
Reverse Requiem: A Book Review by Candice Louisa Daquin Reverse Requiem (Alice James Books, 2026), a poetry collection by Ina Cariño Originally from Baguio City in the Philippines, Ina Cariño’s work has appeared in the American Poetry Review, Poetry Magazine and the Paris Review Daily. They are the winner of the 2022 Whiting Award, a…
Crime of the Extraordinary: A Book Review by Inga Zhghent Crime of the Extraordinary (Hawakal Publishers, 2024), a Poetry Collection by Dustin Pickering The Quest for the Meaning through Language and Archetypes When I first read the title of Dustin Pickering’s new poetry collection, Crime of the Extraordinary, one pressing question ran through my mind:…
Where we seek a haven, we may find horror. Haven, the slow-boil novella by respected poet and author Rachael Ikins, explores universal themes of loss, change, and our search for belonging. Ikins’s ability to subsume our deepest fears and channel them through the natural world weaves a tale just believable enough to scare us silly….
PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greater Los Angeles: California: June 30, 2025: Life and Legends, an internationally recognized literary magazine founded in 2014 as part of the Silent River Film and Literary Society—a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization—now enters a new chapter following the dissolution of its parent organization’s nonprofit status, as an independent platform, under the…
.UNTITLED On the eve of her thirty-seventh birthday Virginia Woolfstarted keeping a diarywhich means she was the same age I am nowwith the First World War ending, literature hadn’t saved anyone,perhaps it simply saves- I still don’t knowdetails of everyday life, books read, stories written, war againperhaps in this world there is only writing and…
We Won’t Go Anywhere! What mainly unites uptowns?The smell of cat urine and cigarette smoke.Now — the curfew and new laws:Look closely at your neighbors to see who is false. What now unites the whole of Ukraine?Freedom, the desire for spring and victory,Peace and kindness, despite the injured knees,Broken windows and tired legs. We are…
Bhanusingher Padabali In the dense flower orchard,The sweet symphony of Shyam’s flute carries her away.My friend, come, drowning all fears,all shame, all inhibitions,Come along, and unite with Him. With the beauty and charm of her calm, blue attireShe carries in her heart the bountiful blossoms of loveIn her doe-eyes, she carries an untainted smile,Come along,…
Life and Legends’ twelfth edition is exceptional in many respects. In this edition, we bring a record number of poets and writers from across the world with a particular focus on Ukrainian poetry of war, resistance, and literature addressing global concerns.
–Translating Serhiy Zhadan is like becoming Serhiy Zhadan. You have to live his poetry in a way to get to its essence, and hear him read his poems before rendering them in your language. This experience can be empowering and intimidating at the same time because Zhadan’s poetry, like a spell, encapsulates space and time…
And When I Made This Final Step And when I made this final stepand fell into the deep pitmy friends stood all around meat the very edge and each was holding an assault riflecarved out of woodand a handful of soilwarm and dry and my pleading did not matter anymorebecause when the oldest one calledevery…
