Space in Confinement
Adrian Grima talks to the much-travelled Nepali poet Itisha Giri in a time of confinement The pandemic has made us more aware of our complex, often difficult relationship with space.…
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Lingwaġġ Kożmopolita
Dan il-video kommoventi tal-kanzunetta “Fomm ir-Riħ” mill-aħħar album tal-Brikkuni ġegħelni naħseb mill-ġdid fuq dak li qed nagħmlu fid-Diploma fil-Letteratura Maltija aħna u niddiskutu l-idjoma l-ġdida tal-letteratura “Postnazzjonali” u “Kożmopolita” li…
L-imxija tal-COVID-19 u l-Malti
Jien m’iniex lingwista. Dawn l-għaxar kummenti ddiskutejthom ma’ kollegi li huma lingwisti, l-aktar ma’ Dr Michael Spagnol, imma fl-aħħar mill-aħħar fihom se ssibu r-riflessjonijiet tiegħi. Nittama li jgħinukom tapprezzaw dejjem…
Of course it’s poetry
Adrian Grima | Malta Today, 17 March 2020 I’m no longer a fan of the idea of literature as an instrument of social change. I’m referring to ‘literature’ here as…
Rivoluzzjoni Tefgħa ta’ Ġebla ‘l Bogħod
Nhar il-Ħadd, l-1 ta’ Marzu 2020, fil-Librerija mimlija sa ruħ ommha tal-Institut de Monde Arabe ta’ Pariġi, Jean-Pierre Filiu tkellem dwar l-iktar ktieb riċenti tiegħu, Algérie, la nouvelle indépendance, ippubblikat…
The Consequences of Survival
Reading Eric Ngalle’s memoir, I, Eric Ngalle (Parthian, 2019) | Malta Today, 12.1.20 One of the more remarkable passages in Eric Ngalle’s account of his two years in Russia is…
Il-Magna l-Kbira
Kumment fuq il-poeżija ta’ Mario Cardona Adrian Grima | Paġna Letterarja, It-Torċa, 12 ta’ Jannar 2020 L-isem tal-ktieb tal-poeżiji ta’ Mario Cardona, Fuq Kaxxa tal-Birra Rasha ‘l Isfel, meħud mill-ewwel…
Narrating Malta as Village
Because nations are essentially narrations, there is an intimate relationship between the art of narrating and the concept of the nation. When we investigate the process that has led to…
