Gytis Norvilas – Electrical Substation
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Laima Kreivytė
Waiting for Faith Wilding, author of the 1972 performance “Waiting” Waiting for when I can take my time, not work three jobs, not write out of duty, nor fall asleep at my laptop. Waiting for Godot, but she’s not coming. Waiting for the bill, which always comes: letters asking me to pay for electricity, water,
The poetry of interactions and solitude
Laima Kreivytė (g. 1972 m.) is a unique figure in the world of Lithuanian poetry. And that’s not just because of her surname, which, combining kreivas (crooked, bent) and reivas (rave), seems to hint at the many meanings to be found in poetry. First of all, unlike many other Lithuanian poets, Kreivytė is not a philologist. She completed her
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To Review: Lithuanian Literature in 2016
At first glance, 2016 was a fairly ordinary year in Lithuanian literature: like any year before there was no shortage of books, and like every year it brought expectations and reasons both to grumble and to rejoice depending on the likings and hopes of readers. It seems that things progressed quietly and consistently, without any
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Literary Prose of Recent Years
Even though all rules have their exceptions, contemporary criticism still emphasizes that the strength of Lithuanian prose lies in metaphors and poetic qualities and not in developed plots and carefully crafted intrigues, which, nevertheless, have been gaining prominence in the last few decades. It is this type of prose that I call literary prose. Its
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Books that Enriched Historical Culture of Lithuania in 2016
Towards the end of the year many of us succumb to the temptation to sum up, generalize, and rate what has been experienced, read, and seen. This text was conceived late in 2016 or maybe very early in 2017, while I was enjoying a cup of coffee with Marius Burokas, the editor of Vilnius Review. Alas,
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Gintaras Grajauskas
*** Good day! Nice to meet you. How may I be of use to you? I can tell you about contemporary global poetry, it’s very interesting, about making paper at home, about the sonata form, the fugue and counterpoint. I know something about ancient harmonies – both natural and pythagorean, I know a few good
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Something a bit stronger than irony
Gintaras Grajauskas (b. 1966) is one of those poets who, in my subjective opinion, people of various ages and interests may find difficult not to love. He belongs to a generation of writers born in the ’70s who finished work begun by an earlier generation—they rescued literature from excessive literariness and contrivance, and from the
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Contemporary Lithuanian Poetry: A Life of Thinking, Art, and Hope
For Lithuanian poetry, the past decade was one of deeply felt losses. Prominent poets such as Marcelijus Martinaitis and Sigitas Geda passed away. These people were poetic universes from which numerous younger poets found encouragement and inspiration. Martinaitis and Geda, in particular, were hopeful symbols of Lithuanian poetry’s continuity. As for the poets writing today,
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Gytis Norvilas
electrical substation late autumn by the slaughterhouse, children sled from the foot of the hill towards the electrical substation. the transformers buzz and drone like a hornet’s nest, circulating the blood of the world. bare-headed children on scraps of linoleum on rotting leaves by the slaughterhouse late autumn – – – parents worked in shifts.
