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The maze at German adventure park Erlebnispark Teichland.
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Finding the Third Way

The maze at German adventure park Erlebnispark Teichland. Sometimes, life’s like that. Copyright © 2014 by HuffPost. War, war is stupid And…

Robert Edison Sandiford·February 14, 2024
Photograph by Robert Edison Sandiford, January 2024, IndyList 2024.
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The 2024 IndyList

THE INDYLIST is coming bigger than ever this year. ArtsEtc marked twenty years of publication in March last year. As part of our ongoing…

Robert Edison Sandiford·January 31, 2024
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In Memoriam: Sonia Suzette Williams

“Everything that happens in the universe has an impact on who I am, how I live, and what I write: thought, word, deed. Everything I think,…

Linda M. Deane·January 8, 2024
Picasso dove w/Gaza and flowers. Composite image Copyright © 2023 by ArtsEtc.
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Of Conditional Empathy

I WAS SCROLLING Instagram one day when I came across the question, “Does your empathy come with conditions?” It struck me forcibly, and…

Sharon Hurley Hall·November 8, 2023
Empty Beds installation in Jerusalem, October 2023.
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Hamas-Israeli Conflict Costly “Wake-up Call”

The Empty Beds installation in Jerusalem "symbolizes the Israeli hostages held in Gaza since October 7, when Hamas terrorists staged an…

Peter Laurie·November 3, 2023
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An Excerpt from The House that Disappeared

Chapter Fifteen The doorbell rang at seven, making him jump. He and Rambo went to the door. Ms Jones stood on the doorstep under the light…

Peter Laurie·October 26, 2023
Peter Laurie, the author of The House that Disappeared, first-place winner of the 2022 Frank Collymore Literary Award.
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Peter Laurie 2022 Frank Collymore Literary Award Winner

2022 Frank Collymore Literary Award winner Peter Laurie. Photo Copyright © 2023 by Peter Laurie. Adapted from centralbank.org.bb. Peter…

Robert Edison Sandiford·October 26, 2023
Barbadian poet Cyndi Celeste at the Marché de la poésie in Paris, France, June 2023.
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Transcending Translation: A UNESCO Transcultura Experience

Barbadian poet Cyndi Celeste at the Marché de la poésie in Paris, France, June 2023: discovering how not to get (too) lost in translation.…

Cyndi Celeste·October 21, 2023
ArtsEtc
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A Review of What a Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You

IN HER DEBUT NOVEL, What a Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You (Virago, 2022), Jamaican author Sharma Taylor explores life in the…

Zoanne Evans·October 16, 2023
Former Nation newspaper senior editor Ridley Greene playing at the launch of ArtsEtc in 2004.
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What Is a Ridley Greene?

Ridley Greene: writer, editor, mentor, friend, and one of the featured acts at ArtsEtc’s launch at Waterfront Café way back in 2004. Photo…

Robert Edison Sandiford·September 24, 2023
Linda M Deane (The Summer Storyteller) with photograph by Kai Miller -- a 60th birthday gift. Miller is one of many young and emerging artists ArtsEtc has worked with over its 20-year existence
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20 in 20 (plus one to grow on)

1 2001 • I leave the newspaper I was working at with a baby in my belly, a plan in my head and a rough blueprint in my hand. I call my…

Linda M. Deane·July 16, 2023
Karen Elaine Austin (1963-2023) of Days Books, Barbados
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KAREN AUSTIN: IN MEMORIAM

ArtsEtc notes with sadness the passing of Karen Elaine Austin, former managing director of Days Books. Karen, who was born in Manchester,…

Linda M. Deane·July 16, 2023
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