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No flights abroad for us, but that doesnt mean our minds cant wander Via Unsplash Last summer we all quickly accepted that going on holiday was not going to happen, and we were happy enough to explore out own beautiful island and embrace staycationing instead. As the summer of 2021 is quickly approaching, any chances of a holiday in the sun seem slim and it’s a slightly more bitter pill to swallow this time around. How we’d love to be spending two weeks in the sun or planning an impossible...

Why Isabel Yap keeps coming back to fan fiction Written by Oliver Emocling enablePagination: false endIndex: In her debut story collection “Never Have I Ever,” Isabel Yap borrows from mythology and fan fiction conventions to craft narratives that remind readers of their humanity. Portrait by MEG WHITTENBERGER In my conversation with the U.S.-based Filipino writer Isabel Yap, I found myself confessing to not pursuing personal writing projects. That all I could do after a long day of work i...

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28 January 2021 Share with: The Dune actor is in talks to star in his Call Me By Your Name directors upcoming horror alongside Escape Room star Taylor Russell, Deadline reports. Its claimed Timothee and Taylor would play a couple in the flick, which is based on the novel by Camille DeAngelis. The plot follows a young woman named Maren Yearly who travels across the country as she searches for the father she’s never met - all in an attempt to understand why she has the urge to kill and eat the ...

January 21, 2021 Four sentences that I wrote years ago keep coming back to me. I am still not certain that I understand these sentences. Part of me wants to nail them down, while another fears that by doing so I will snuff out a meaning that can’t be told in words—or, worse yet, that the very attempt to fathom their meaning might allow it to go into deeper hiding still. It’s almost as though these four sentences don’t want me, their author, to know what I was trying to say with them. I ...

A slow stroll through entrancing capitals, a tender remembrance of rare old films, a fresh contemplation of Modernist literary giants — this describes the material of André Aciman’s new assortment of essays, but not the magic.

We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation. (Amazon) If you’re looking for something to do during lockdown that isn’t constantly scrolling through social media, then maybe you could try picking up new books online? More specifically, and even better, books that put the spotlight on LGBT+ people. From personal memoirs to fiction novels both classic and modern, there’s plenty to add to or start your collection. This list features sci-fi young adult novel...