Written by Larissa Straßer A few days ago, I organized a poetry open mic in Berlin. I don’t live there anymore but for months I had a strong feeling that I owed it to the city, to the people. I had taken so much – energy, love, warmth and strength – from this cold, cold… Continue reading Hosting a Poetry Open Mic – A Diary Entry
Category: Creative texts
The Odyssey: Una storia antica che parla all’oggi
Written by Federico Ferrando [Read the English version of the article below] Quest’estate, nei cinema di tutto il mondo, è uscito un film che era stato annunciato come una rivoluzione della cinematografia: “The Odyssey”, diretto da Christopher Nolan. Il film, girato interamente in IMAX e della durata di 172 minuti, è arrivato nelle sale italiane… Continue reading The Odyssey: Una storia antica che parla all’oggi
Love as a Moral Act
Written by Ceylin Dogan I have never been very trusting of love’s public image. Even before I had any personal claim to the word, I distrusted the versions of it that circulated so effortlessly around me in films, in songs, in careless conversations. So often it appeared as spectacle, or appetite, or dependence mistaken for… Continue reading Love as a Moral Act
The Apartments We Visit
Written by Larissa Straßer How do we measure time? How do we measure moments and memories and a life lived? I keep a counter, a visual one. It is a mental list of all the apartments I have visited in my life. From my grandma’s house with the dark green oven tiles and the hidden… Continue reading The Apartments We Visit
Nina or The Visit
Written by Larissa Straßer Out of the darkness, out of the cold, a smell of sweet wine and raisins flows towards me. Not because she’s been drinking or baking, that’s just her smell. In other texts, I’ve tried to capture her scent better, because she smells beautiful, but I’ve always just reached similar descriptions. Her… Continue reading Nina or The Visit