May 2017 - Andrew Blackman

On the violence of borders

I recently visited Ceuta, a piece of the north African coast that belongs to Spain and is hence part of “Europe”. It was a very…

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The Russian Window by Dragan Velikic: Review

When I was in Belgrade a while back, I bought four novels in a wonderful bookshop on the main street, Knez Mihailova. They…

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Andrew Blackman on Natives of My Person by George Lamming: “Yes, I think you’d like Lamming, although he might be difficult to find these days in Australia, especially on audiobook.…” Jun 22, 13:19
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