Freedom BraidsDay after day, Nemy is forced to sow seeds in the sugarcane plantation, until one night, she follows a woman called Big Mother to a hidden shack. There, she finds a group of women braiding each others hair. But these are no ordinary braids. Hidden in each elaborate pattern is a secret a message that signals their intent to flee and a map to guide them in their escape. Will the paths these courageous women weave guide Nemy to a new home where she can

It is the size of a tea-caddy

its Victorian makers in the Leek Embroidery Society

Endre Ruset’s concrete elegies for those who died in the terrorist attack at Utøya

essayists and activists

So her story was released

Running through enemy territory

He was also the founder of K

intelligence and wit from twenty-four contemporary poets

fresh and idiosyncratic and her character is an astonishing creation-perhaps the first significant female anti-hero of the 21st century

“Casts an intoxicating spell

and society’s expectations collide

one parent hires Alejandro a journalist to investigate