‘At least they have exercised free will in choosing this option,’ said Rebecca Hall, sipping Earl Grey tea. ‘Battery hens have no choice.’
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Ariel Saramandi on her experience teaching in a lycée in Mauritius.
Fiction by Sidik Fofana, set in the South.
Kevin Maxwell on the police in the UK.
Morgan Parker and Rachel Long in conversation.
Poetry by Danez Smith, author of Don't Call Us Dead.
‘I was going home to Belfast to visit my mother. It was the spring of 1998 and the weather was very good for that time of year.’
A short story by Jianan Qian on stray dogs, desperation and re-education in rural China during the Cultural Revolution.
Danez Smith and Kaveh Akbar share sublime food experiences, discuss their latest collections and ask one another how best to bring community into poetry.
‘The Armadillo Man is watching her. She gives him a good show – the best she has to offer.’
‘I rediscovered the efficacy of meter (or the ‘contrast between fixity and flux’) when I was stuck in a shark tunnel with my kids and was afraid I was coming down with a panic attack.’
