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REVIEWS

Glamorous, Cinematic…Inauthentic? ‘The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid

In The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, a young journalist named Monique is personally requested to interview a glamorous Old Hollywood...

‘Complicated, unorthodox and unapologetic women’: a review of ‘Fiona and Jane’ by Jean Chen Ho

This book overall seats itself comfortably amongst the current literature trend which is focused on exploring the mindset of complicate

Imaginative Storytelling: Reviewing ‘A Countervailing Theory’ by Toyin Ojih Odutola

Rating: * * * * * In her first-ever UK exhibition, Nigerian-American artist, Toyin Ojih Odutola, does not disappoint. ‘A Countervailing...

Nudity, Refugees, The Closet, Adoption and Online Scamming: Caine Prize 2019 Short Stories Review

The Caine Prize for African Writing has come round again! This year marks its 20th award, and the 2019 candidates did not disappoint. The...

How to Forget and How to Remember: A Review of ‘Collective Amnesia’ by Koleka Putuma

Koleka Putuma’s debut poetry collection, Collective Amnesia, explores life’s trials for queer black womxn in South Africa. Putuma will be...

Ode To Bones: A lesbian exploration of feminine beauty depicted in free verse poetry.

‘Head with Broken Pot’ (1942) by Georgia O’Keeffe It was the bones that seduced you. The eyes would be nothing without them; the bones...