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April 12, 2018April 16, 2018 Kinna

“The Afternoon Sun” by C. P. Cavafy #PoetryMonth

November 5, 2013November 6, 2013 Kinna

“The thicker the woods, the vaster the vista: the Valley of Obviously.” – Utopia by Wislawa Symzborska

April 2, 2013April 2, 2013 Kinna

21 Days/ 21 Poems: Castletown, Isle of Man by Jackie Kay

March 21, 2013March 21, 2013 Kinna

‘My Faithful Mother Tongue’ by Czeslaw Milosz

April 12, 2012March 21, 2013 Kinna

April is (US) National Poetry Month and we head to Ithaka

February 7, 2012February 7, 2012 Kinna

Wislawa Szymborska (2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012)

January 16, 2012June 15, 2013 Kinna

7 Days of Shorts

January 9, 2012June 15, 2013 Kinna

“The Falling Girl” by Dino Buzzatti

December 27, 2011January 17, 2012 Kinna

Mini-Reviews at the End of 2011

August 22, 2011October 20, 2015 Kinna

“The Woman Who Stole the Rain” by Teolinda Gersão

August 16, 2011 Kinna

The Yellow Arrow – Victor Pelevin

August 15, 2011October 20, 2015 Kinna

Bedside Stories

June 19, 2011April 5, 2018 Kinna

José Saramago’s Best Five

April 24, 2011April 23, 2011 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: Up-Hill by Christina Rossetti

April 21, 2011 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: From “Under Milk Wood” by Dylan Thomas

April 8, 2011April 17, 2011 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: The City by C.P. Cavafy

April 4, 2011April 17, 2011 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: Some People by Wislawa Szymborska

March 17, 2011April 7, 2011 Kinna

(Mini-Review): Belarmino and Apolonio by Ramon Pérez de Ayala

March 14, 2011 Kinna

“Every morning I tell myself, Today has to be productive…” – Italo Calvino in the Paris Review

March 9, 2011March 9, 2011 Kinna

A Recommendation and Poem #44: Adlestrop by Edward Thomas

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Kinna

Lifelong reader. I read mostly fiction. I enjoy world literature. I’m partial to women writers, especially African women writers. Here, you'll find commentary on novels, short stories and poems. In Accra, Ghana. Contact me at kinnareads at gmail dot com. Host of Africa Reading Challenge.

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