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Tag: Rym Kechacha

Interview with author Davina Quinlivan: ‘I always felt that those strange, odd tales were deep within me’

14th August 202215th August 2022  Rym Kechacha

Rym Kechacha talks to author and academic, Davina Quinlivan, about her new creative non fiction work, Shalimar, honouring the stories of her family, connecting with people through literature, writing auto-fiction, and the power of speaking from a place of otherness.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: ancestry, Davina Quinlivan, heritage, Migration, nature writing, Rym Kechacha, Shalimar, travel writing, water, What the Water Gave Us

Spin, Thread, Weave by Rym Kechacha

22nd June 202223rd June 2022  Rym Kechacha

Chance encounters, random moments, fateful figures spinning a celestial web. These are the images and occurrences that form the life and work of Surrealist artist Remedios Varo and inspire author Rym Kechacha’s own writing, especially her latest novel, To Catch a Moon.

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Posted in Arts, Books, Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: Benjamin Peret, chance, Chiqui Weisz, essay, fate, Janet Kaplan, Remedios Varo, Rym Kechacha, Surrealism, Women in the Arts, Women surrealists

The Wonders by Elena Medel

7th April 20227th April 2022  Rym Kechacha

Moving between the lives of several generations of women in Spain, Elena Medel’s beautifully observed debut novel, The Wonders, examines class and the impact of poverty on family relationships and aspirations.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: class, Elena Medel, literature in translation, Lizzie Davis, Novel, Pushkin Press, Rym Kechacha, The Wonders, Thomas Bunstead

Interview with Leanne Radojkovich: ‘I strongly feel that nature grounds our stories and people’

1st September 20211st September 2021  Rym Kechacha

Rym Kechacha talks to award-winning short story writer, Leanne Radojkovich, about the importance of Aotearoa New Zealand’s landscape to her fiction, Independent publishers as the future of literature and the need to re-indigenise writing.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: And Other Stories, First Fox, Hailman, Leanne Radojkovich, Rym Kechacha, short fiction, Short Stories, The Emma Press

Hailman by Leanne Radojkovich

19th July 2021  Rym Kechacha

Leanne Radojkovich’s latest collection of fiction, Hailman, is filled with startling images that linger in the mind and encourage you to excavate its mysterious, dream-like prose, writes our contributor Rym Kechacha.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Fiction, Hailman, Leanne Radojkovich, Rym Kechacha, Short Stories, The Emma Press

Tomorrow They Won’t Dare To Murder Us by Joseph Andras & translated by Simon Leser

28th February 20211st March 2021  Rym Kechacha

Rym Kechacha reviews Joseph Andras’ powerful novel, Tomorrow They Won’t Dare To Murder Us, and considers the impact of colonial violence and fights for independence around the world today.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Algeria, Algerian War of Independence, Britain and Colonialism, colonialism, De Nos Frères Blessés, Fiction, France, Hélier Cisterne, imperialism, Joseph Andras, Novel, novels, Prix Goncourt, Rym Kechacha, Simon Leser, Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us, Verso, Verso Books

‘Gold Top’ by Rym Kechacha

21st September 202021st September 2020  Rym Kechacha

In this beautiful creative non-fiction piece, ‘Gold Top’, Rym Kechacha uses Remedios Varo’s painting, Celestial Pablum, to explore her own experiences of breastfeeding her baby daughter through the night.

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Posted in Art and design, Arts, Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: art, Breast feeding, Celestial Pablum, creative non-fiction, dreams, Janet Kaplan, Motherhood, mothers, Night / Shift, painter, painting, Remedios Varo, Rym Kechacha, Sleep, Surrealism, unconscious
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