July 2019 - Page 3

Literary Parlor: interview with poet Patricia Murphy

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In this column, we invite international award-winning authors for a virtual cup of tea, coffee or whisky, to unveil some of their art and craft secrets. We begin with Patricia Colleen Murphy, winner of the 2019 Press 53 Award for Poetry.

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Reudnitz and Leipzig West gain package-free stores

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Environmentally savvy female entrepreneurs have respectively crowd-funded two new stores in Leipzig that seek to eliminate packaging, and one more is in the works, for a total of four in the city.

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Panorama and Monos, South American critics’ darling

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Alejandro Landes's new fever-dream film, "Monos," has critics raving about its deft mix of "Lord of the Flies," "Apocalypse Now" and contemporary socio-political climate.

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João Gilberto and his heavenly gift to the world

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João Gilberto – the inventor of the bossa nova – died on 6 July. He was a perfectionist with the gift of a perfect pitch, a musical genius. Here’s why his legacy should be remembered and cherished.

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