In a photograph by Jaisingh Nageswaran, a boy is swimming in a river. His arm lunges forward, hanging mid-air....
Say you wrote a book about a person in search of meaning. Imagine that it was widely praised and...
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The White Review No. 30 features longform interviews with the artist Toyin Ojih Odutola (who also provides the issue’s cover), novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye and...
And the night John Berger died, I, Maria, pale shadow, the youngest sister of Sabine, was walking the city....
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We are excited to announce the eight portfolios shortlisted...
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