August 1978. Three young Bangladeshi men link arms at the front of a protest against the National Front HQ. They look nervous but determined. Photo by Paul Trevor
Maybe there are still a few Labour MP’s who remember that the left used to be against racism
If the UK government doesn’t respond strongly to this, then the consequences will be grave.
"I read of dogs furiously digging holes in the ground to escape the 35-degree heat. Children fainting during assembly early in the morning."
@arielsaramandi.bsky.social for @thedialmag.bsky.social: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
'I wrote those essays for myself first, to better understand my island, make sense of my thoughts, learn more history, and to remember the last couple of years, because they were momentous.' Ariel Saramandi on her collection PORTRAIT OF AN ISLAND ON FIRE: marthasmonthly.substack.com/p/interview-...
RIP Simon James. Generous, joyful, gentle, and sharp as a tack. He’ll be remembered as a world renown scholar and ambassador for literary studies, and I’m today remembering him rocking out to Shellac. What a loss.
Absolutely heartbroken to learn that Professor Simon James has passed away after a short illness. Simon was a stalwart union rep in the English Department, and a personal friend to many of us in the branch. We'll miss his humour, his passion, and his dedication to making things better for people.
Thank you Wendy ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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📚 JUNE PUBLICATIONS 📚
We are excited to announce our June titles:
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– LILI IS CRYING by Hélène Bessette, tr. Kate Briggs, with an introduction by Eimear McBride, out on 5 June;
– PORTRAIT OF AN ISLAND ON FIRE by Ariel Saramandi, out on 19 June.
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Read extracts and preorder: fitzcarraldoeditions.com
incredibly kind, thank you!!! :)
I’ll also be reading at Fitzcarraldo’s summer party in London on 19 June, but unfortunately tickets are sold out for that one.
I’ll be in Bristol (Gloucester Road Books) on the 16th June with the great Gurnaik Johal, discussing his novel Saraswati and my collection Portrait of an Island on Fire.
Tickets here: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/glo...
I worked on the last essay until the last minute; it’s called 10 Years in Power, and traces a decade’s worth of growing authoritarianism, dissent and activism.
I hope you read it! :)
Portrait of an Island on Fire will be published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social on 19 June 2025.
It’s an essay collection that examines different aspects of Mauritius: our colonial inheritances, the structures and operations of racism and patriarchy, our languages, our political system.
I'd bet most Americans don't realize the six Nazi extermination camps during World War II also involved rendition to a foreign country.
Auschwitz, Treblinka, Belzec, Sobibor, Chełmno and Majdanek were all located in Poland. Not Germany. Important historical fact.
Don’t miss this beauty if you can help it. One of the finest short story writers ever, Tessa Hadley, weighs in on what made Mavis Gallant one of the world’s most exceptional short story writers. #shortstory
#booksky
this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
oh look an excerpt from my translation of Constance Debré's NAME is up at @parisreview.bsky.social www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/04...
Incredibly, this appears to be true. We tariffed our own (jointly operated with the UK) military base.
many thanks for this!! ❤️ It is to be published on June 19!
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING??
Forgot to post this but: along with Gilbert Ahnee, I was interviewed by Asymptote. It was fun! Got to talk about the state of Mauritian literature, Exils, and my forthcoming essay collection.
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/02...
The former Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, was arrested at 3am this morning on a charge of money laundering.
Such exciting news and congratulations to the great @arielsaramandi.bsky.social
Some news! My debut essay collection, Portrait of an Island on Fire, will be published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in June 2025.
The cruelty is what they enjoy—it’s the point—it’s the nature of this coup. Cruelty.Hatred of all but the white & the few…Not a trace of empathy,& no instinct towards,no human grasp of, justice.It’s monstrous.It will not last.They will overreach.We will wake up.
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Lydia was the campaign manager for our endorsed candidate Tiffany Koyama Lane, and we are so proud to call them both comrades.
Read her story 👇
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
Many thanks! :)
