the attention span newsletter is a monthly invitation for reflection, analysis and imagination.
Here’s the latest issue (next issue coming up 8 January 2025):
Whether you are a writer, a translator, a reader, a professional working in the arts, culture or literature, or someone who likes to take the time to reflect on the world we live in through the lens of culture, art, translation, poetry and literature, The Attention Span Newsletter is for you.
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Archive index:
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2023
- May 5, 2023 Trailer to The Attention Span Newsletter May 5, 2023
- May 9, 2023 01 - On Hope May 9, 2023
- May 23, 2023 02 - Beyond Intentions May 23, 2023
- Jun 7, 2023 03 - The Possibility of an Encounter Jun 7, 2023
- Jun 28, 2023 04 - My Gestures Jun 28, 2023
- Jul 12, 2023 05 - On Violence Jul 12, 2023
- Aug 2, 2023 06 - Do I Really Want That Remote Life? Aug 2, 2023
- Aug 2, 2023 07 - On Archives Aug 2, 2023
- Aug 16, 2023 08 - Sometimes it is poetry we need Aug 16, 2023
- Aug 30, 2023 09 - Once a Flaneur, Always a Flaneuse Aug 30, 2023
- Sep 13, 2023 10 - On Curating Literary Programmes Sep 13, 2023
- Oct 5, 2023 11 - From Istanbul Oct 5, 2023
- Oct 12, 2023 12 - the beauty of impermanence (on Etel Adnan) Oct 12, 2023
- Oct 27, 2023 13 - On Culture and Politics Oct 27, 2023
- Nov 8, 2023 14 - A Letter Nov 8, 2023
- Nov 22, 2023 15 - Inner Landscapes Nov 22, 2023
- Dec 6, 2023 16- Looking backwards, looking forwards Dec 6, 2023
- Dec 21, 2023 17- Earning a living, earning a life Dec 21, 2023
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2024
- Jan 17, 2024 18- Steve McQueen, The Translator Jan 17, 2024
- Jan 31, 2024 19- and a lot of tenderness Jan 31, 2024
- Feb 14, 2024 20- From the Streets to the Page: On Multilingualism and Hospitality in Literary Translation Feb 14, 2024
- Feb 28, 2024 21 - Dreaming of a Home for the Free Word Feb 28, 2024
- Mar 13, 2024 22 - The Mirror of our Lives Mar 13, 2024
- Mar 27, 2024 23 - On Holding Space Mar 27, 2024
- Apr 10, 2024 24 - Walk in my Words Apr 10, 2024
- Apr 24, 2024 25 - To Die a Thousand Times Apr 24, 2024
- May 20, 2024 26 - Hidrellez May 20, 2024
- May 22, 2024 27 - Ava DuVernay's Political Courage May 22, 2024
- Jun 5, 2024 28 - No Words Jun 5, 2024
- Jun 19, 2024 29 - SO REAL Jun 19, 2024
- Jul 3, 2024 30 - On humility and imagination Jul 3, 2024
- Nov 13, 2024 31 - all the seconds towards love Nov 13, 2024
- Dec 11, 2024 32 - may our life be vibrations Dec 11, 2024