A famous old shepherd looks for remedies
Explore James Hogg’s writings on Scottish rural life, tracing the loss of communal culture and the social tensions of modern sheep-farming.
Shame in Contemporary You-Narration: Q&A with the author
Denise Wong discusses Shame in Contemporary You-Narration, exploring second-person storytelling, shame, temporality, and narrative experimentation across literature and media.
5 Things You Didn’t Know about Milton and Disability
Five things you might not know about Milton and disability, from writing Paradise Lost while blind to disability pride and care networks
What is extra in the ordinary, and why is the intimate often strange?
Eret Talviste explores Virginia Woolf and Jean Rhys through scenes of solitude and ordinary freedom.
Cats and Other ‘Slightly Magical’ Phenomena in Slightly Magical Irish Poetry and the Long 1990s
A Q&A with Lucy McDiarmid on her new book exploring Irish poetry’s ‘slightly magical’ worlds.
American Poets Traveled to Europe and It Shaped Modern Literary History
Elin Käck discusses the role of American poets’ travels to Europe in the evolution of modern American poetry and literary history in general.
Masculinities in Nigerian Fiction: Receptivity and Gender – Q&A with the author
A Q&A with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike on Masculinities in Nigerian Fiction: Receptivity and Gender, exploring Nigerian masculinities, ethics, and gender in literature.
Violence in Brontë Afterlives
Explore five adaptations of Brontë novels that amplify violence, from Wuthering Heights to Jane Eyre, reshaping the Brontës’ enduring cultural impact.
Hardboiled Blues: Rethinking the Music of Rory Gallagher
Dr Lauren Alex O’Hagan explores the overlooked literary depth of Rory Gallagher’s lyrics, arguing for their place within a unique hardboiled blues tradition.