Snapping PointBut for that slender connection with the mainland, Andal would have been a regular island, says Asl Bien in the opening chapter of this deliciously multi layered novel. And it would have been an ordinary story about love and loss, if it weren't for the earthquake that unexpectedly sets the landmass afloat on the Aegean, kindling a series of increasingly oppressive measures by the authorities; ostensibly to keep public order. As Andal drifts between

each celebrity talks about memories of and connections to the place they call home

As an Indian from Guyana

now awaits the next 10 years’ worth of poets

each amassing over 200

the UK National Poetry Competition

thereby “debunking the heroic self” of previous generations

FEATURE ON CONTEMPORARY SYRIAN LITERATURE – Part 2

Anne Vegter

’ And that those who close borders

With an American war cemetery

the truth is unbelievable

and consort with the enemy