Trump and Putin are caricatures from 19th century Russian literature
by Rashmee
Posted on July 27, 2020
Nina L. Khrushcheva says Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are literary caricatures and just as …
Read MoreOman’s story shows Arab writers are finding their voice
by Rashmee
Posted on June 2, 2019 / The Arab Weekly
The way Harthi tells the story, Oman comes sharply into focus as a distinctive place …
Read MoreThese short stories make true the saying ‘Cairo writes, Beirut prints, Khartoum reads’
by Rashmee
Posted on August 9, 2016
I’m reading ‘The Book of Khartoum‘, which is apparently the first major collection …
Read MoreAmerican writer George Saunders on Trump & what he calls ‘Trumpmunity’
by Rashmee
Posted on July 13, 2016
George Saunders is one of my favourite short story writers, which is why it’s a …
Read More150 years of Alice in Wonderland: nursery-surreal, elixirs, lobster quadrilles
by Rashmee
Posted on November 25, 2015
Tomorrow, November 26 is the 150th anniversary of the publication of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’…
Read MoreLet me put it to you straight and on the nose: does subtlety in art suck?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 9, 2015
I remembered Aleksander Hemon’s plea for unsubtle adjectives while reading Forrest Wickman’s swipe at subtlety …
Read MoreFreeman’s Arrival is about that electrifying moment we reach somewhere
by Rashmee
Posted on November 4, 2015
I just ordered a copy of Freeman’s Arrival, a new themed collection of stories that …
Read MoreReading heaven? France pioneers vending machines that dispense short stories
by Rashmee
Posted on October 18, 2015
As someone who’s fallen in love with the short story all over again (Alice Munro, …
Read MoreAlice and that wonderland: 150 years of rabbit holes & reality in reverse
by Rashmee
Posted on August 7, 2015
It’s been 150 glorious years of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and everyone still can’t seem to …
Read MoreWhat’s wrong with Amazon’s rule that writers be paid by readability?
by Rashmee
Posted on June 30, 2015
Why is everyone bemoaning the fact that writers will have to do a better job …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK