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The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

by Saad Z. Hossain

★★★★

Flows well enough at the start but as soon as the stakes are set it becomes something like when you humour a friend who wants to recount an incoherent dream they had the night before. Lasting impressions are of unfunny banter, both connection and conflict that don’t ring … Read more

A Dream of a Woman

by Casey Plett

★★★★

In The End, It Was All About Love

by Musa Okwonga

Righteous Migrants: The poetic mythologizing is punctuatedly endearing while also infrequently connecting. My decade aligned most with “Today, Berlin Punches You In The Stomach” although the acts of racist aggression weren’t its most disturbing facet. Berlin is a self-righteous busybody gleeful to run you over to teach you … Read more