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Lucy Scholes
Lucy Scholes is a writer and critic. Her work has appeared in the Financial Times, the Observer, BBC Culture, the Times Literary Supplement, the New York Times Book Review, Literary Hub and elsewhere.

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Akwaeke Emezi’s 
Freshwater 

Book Review

February 2019

Lucy Scholes

Book Review

February 2019

Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater isn’t only a fine debut novel that announces the arrival of an exciting and talented new literary voice, it’s also a book that...
Jesmyn Ward's ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing'

Book Review

November 2017

Lucy Scholes

Book Review

November 2017

Jesmyn Ward’s third novel returns to the same setting that served her so well in both her debut Where the Line Bleeds (2008) and the...

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Issue No. 6

The White Review No. 6 Editorial

The Editors

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Issue No. 6

By the looks of it, not much has changed for The White Review. This new edition, like its predecessors,...

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Issue No. 4

Tibetan Kitsch

Evan Harris

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Issue No. 4

I first glimpsed the Potala Palace behind the bending legs of a prostitute. She swayed, obscuring a vista of...

poetry

Issue No. 13

Morning, Noon & Night

Claire-Louise Bennett

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Issue No. 13

Sometimes a banana with coffee is nice. It ought not to be too ripe – in fact there should...

 

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