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Elif Shafak

Literature as empathy: A call for stories that bridge divides and ignite understanding

South Africa

Literature as empathy: A call for stories that bridge divides and ignite understanding

By Mark Heywood

Rescue remedies for ‘an equality of pain’: a review of ‘Apeirogon’, ‘The Island of Missing Trees’ and ‘Rescue’

Magazine

Rescue remedies for ‘an equality of pain’: a review of ‘Apeirogon’, ‘The Island of Missing Trees’ and ‘Rescue’

By Mark Heywood

Shuggie and Agnes Bain — two newborns on the pantheon of the great characters of world literature

Maverick Life

Shuggie and Agnes Bain — two newborns on the pantheon of the great characters of world literature

By Mark Heywood

Tempest and Shafak On Connection and Numbness

Magazine

Tempest and Shafak On Connection and Numbness

By Mark Heywood