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“Sometimes being yourself is the hardest thing” – A Review of Adiba Jaigirdar’s The Henna Wars
Adiba Jaigirdar’s debut novel The Henna Wars is a highly enjoyable and entertaining read albeit not without its flaws. Set in Dublin, Ireland, the novel follows Nishat, a Bengali Muslim girl, who recently has come out to her parents whose … Continue reading
Posted in Doubly Marginalised - Queer and Transcultural Young Adult Literature
Tagged Adiba Jaigirdar, cultural appropriation, Intersectionality, LGBTQ+, queer, Review, transcultural, YA fiction, YA literature
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Review of the novel “When the Moon was Ours” (2016) by Anna-Marie McLemore
by Mira Kalcker „This is the thing I learned from loving a transgender boy who took years to say his own name: that waiting with someone, existing in that quiet, wondering space with them when they need it, is worth … Continue reading
Posted in Doubly Marginalised - Queer and Transcultural Young Adult Literature
Tagged Anna-Marie McLemore, Latine, magical realism, queer YA fiction, transgender identitiy
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A lifetime of poetry – Why you should read “The Black Flamingo”
How can a seemingly simple story of a boy coming of age and coming to terms with his identity be transformed into a visual journey, a tale telling of its time? In Dean Atta’s The Black Flamingo (2019), this is … Continue reading
Welcome to the sub-blog “Indigenous Literature from New Zealand”
Nau mai, haere mai! Here, you will find various kinds of contributions – ranging from short literary analyses to response papers and reviews – focussing on different sorts of ‘texts’ – including short stories, lyrics, novels, and poems. All blog … Continue reading
Posted in Indigenous Literature from New Zealand
Tagged Aotearoa New Zealand, Indigenous Literature, Māori, Maori Literature
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“The rest of the world is spinning” – Trauma Theory in “Summer Bird Blue”
Summer Bird Blue Akemi Dawn Bowman’s novel Summer Bird Blue follows the young girl Rumi who deals with the aftermath of a car accident in which she lost her younger sister Lea. Therefore, a large part of the novel deals … Continue reading
Review Pet (2019) by Akwaeke Emezi
When I picked up the novel Pet by Akwaeke Emezi, published in 2019, for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the novel in general – especially the protagonist – since I usually just cannot bring myself to neither … Continue reading
Lost in Translation? Interpreting and Identity in Suki Kim’s The Interpreter
The Interpreter (2003) is the first novel by Suki Kim, who was born in Korea and immigrated to the US with her parents at the age of thirteen. The plot revolves around the interpreter Suzy Park, also born in Korea and … Continue reading
Posted in Further Courses and Topics, Thoughts on Translation
Tagged The Interpreter, Translation
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