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Letter from Greece
Meaghan Delahunt
‘The only thing between Greece and total collapse is the Greek family.’
Stacks
Ted Hodgkinson
‘There are few things worse than being rebuked by the very books you have promised yourself you will read.’
Ali the Muscle
Johnny West
‘All individuality is collapsed by the dog-eat-dog language of ‘us and them’ into a choice between one of two separate, irreconcilable identities.’
My Caine Prize Year
Olufemi Terry
‘I came away from these sessions convinced that I was no authority on my work, nor did I have any desire to be.’
The End of the Discussion
Patrick Ryan
‘I just never thought I’d see the day when Amtrak would start poisoning people.’
Generations
Rebecca Swift
‘Yet Grandma did talk to me that afternoon, and it was as if a wild flower had grown out of the rubble, survived for a day and then disappeared.’
Marriage Lessons from My Turkish Grandmother
Sevil Delin
‘The stories my grandmother, my anneanne, told me when I was a child are anything but children’s stories. They are folktales that have a common theme – the triumph of wily wives over evil husbands (jealous, repressive skinflints) through crafty subterfuge.’
Reading Women
Rachel Genn, Hannah Gersen & Tess Lynch
‘I realized that she was rebelling against a society that asked her to be noble when she was actually pissed off.’
I Like Being a Woman (And I Hate Hysterical Women)
Leila Guerriero
‘One day my father called me over to explain to me about the little seed, patting my head as if he were offering me his condolences.’
According to Your Will
Naomi Alderman
‘Thank you, God,’ said the boys, ‘for not making me a woman.’ ‘Thank you, God,’ said the girls, ‘for making me according to Your will.’
