Five Dials

Debuts of 2023. Michael Magee reads Jon Fosse. Miss Major offers the life lessons of an activist. Three Poems by Vanessa Lampert. Plus, Leah Myers, Kaycee Hill, K. Patrick, Adam Lowe, Jacqueline Crooks, Chetna Maroo, Noreen Masud and a conversation between Nicole Flattery and Cecile Pin. Artwork by Whess Harman.

Unfettered Joy and Freedom. Binyavanga Wainaina tries to be cured of England. Mattie Lubchansky watches Sweet Charity. Plus, essays by K. Busatto and Helon Habila, poetry by Annie Katchinska, and Ben Miller on Bad Gays. Five Poems by Jee Leong Koh. Artwork by Tommi Parrish -- and it tells a story, too.

Emerging. Sita Balani on ritual. Kayo Chingonyi on nostalgia. So Mayer tastes homemade goulash. Jacqueline Roy feels the silence. Plus, Elliot Barnes-Worrell and artwork from Joy Yamusangie.

Rediscovering. Featuring Ali Smith's changing seasons, the Lost Words phenomenon, new fiction by Missouri Williams, and the best Romanian literature you'll find anywhere. Plus, a Q&A with Elizabeth Strout. Artwork by Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun

Questions we've been asking. Why is forgiveness good for health? What happens if you’re mid-transition when a pandemic hits? What's going on with the statues atop our plinths? Plus, new poetry from Sam Riviere and a Q&A with Elif Shafak.

The class of 2020. Ingrid Persaud opens her reading diary. Sarah Elaine Smith lists titles. Avni Doshi explains Burnt Sugar. Fiction from Elaine Feeney. Plus Amina Cain, Patrick Freyne, An Yu, Nazanine Hozar, Niamh Campbell, Deepa Anaparra and a couple poems by Will Harris.

Wise writing advice from Lydia Davis. Nathalie Olah on Edna O'Brien. Stanley Donwood and Robert Macfarlane's wild novella. Philippe Besson on Marguerite Duras. Plus Benjamin Markovits on the slow beauty of cricket.

A warning from Extinction Rebellion. Helon Habila on the migrations of our time. Poetry from Andrew McMillan and Rachael Allen. Artwork from Jackie Morris. Plus Julian Hoffman, Stig Dagerman, and short fiction about a sentient block of wood.

New short fiction from Eley Williams, Joe Stretch and Chris Killen, plus an interview with Emilie Pine, an essay by Joanna Kavenna and a new assessment of Wide Sargasso Sea by Sara Collins. Plus new poetry from Jana Prikryl and Keisha Thompson.