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Mette Karlsvik

One mini-nuclear action in the streets of London

23. November was the 10th year since Alexandr Litvinenko died of polonium poisoning. 
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Postmodern nation building

Cecilia Dinardi just received the Bjørnson Prize, but not only for her own use of the free word. 
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An alternative public

The Chto Delat collective crosses the boundary between theater and academia, between aristocracy and proletariat, between you and me – and shows in practice that the absurd staged is the reality for many Russians.
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Destabilization and confusion

This essay is about the latest books by Sofi Oksanen and Beate Grimsrud, about Norma and the Children of Eternity, about information and questions of information.  
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The bridge to Vatnamýri is swimming

Andri Snær Magnason fought the ducks' case in Iceland. He did not become president. But his climate numbers fell into good soil, and have started a new type of environmental consciousness.
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Iceland: The bubbles that burst

In 2008, the illusion of a strong Icelandic economy burst. In April, the people were betrayed by the state leadership, again.
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As friends stand and look out over the fjord

Tor shakes in the Nordic Arts Center Dale. The village is nevertheless a standing proof that man will always be nature lovers. Quite natural.
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Upstate orphisms

Upstage poems and aphorisms tame a delusional world.
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ghost Font

Someone who fears sanctions and transparency creates whole new languages.
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