The Attention Span Newsletter

Twice a month, I publish The Attention Span Newsletter, in e-mail and podcast format.

Each issue contains thoughts or a short essay (sometimes just poetry), pages from my notebooks, and a list of interesting things to read, watch or listen to.

Whether you are a writer, a translator, a reader, a professional working in the arts, culture or literature, or someone who likes to take the time to reflect on the world we live in through the lens of culture, art, translation, poetry and literature, The Attention Span Newsletter is for you.

If you prefer an audio experience, you can listen to me reading the newsletter to you can find ‘The Attention Span’ on your favourite pod catcher, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast…

Read and listen to all past issues:

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23 - On Holding Space

Read and listen to issue twenty-three of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 27 March 2024.

22 - The Mirror of our Lives

Read and listen to issue twenty-two of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 13 March 2024.

21 - Dreaming of a Home for the Free Word

Read and listen to issue twenty-one of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 28 February 2024.

20- From the Streets to the Page: On Multilingualism and Hospitality in Literary Translation

Read and listen to issue twenty of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 14 February 2024.

19- and a lot of tenderness

Read and listen to issue nineteen of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 31 January 2024.

18- Steve McQueen, The Translator

Read and listen to issue eighteen of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 17 January 2024.

17- Earning a living, earning a life

Read and listen to issue seventeen of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 20 December 2023.

16- Looking backwards, looking forwards

Read and listen to issue sixteen of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 06 December 2023.

15 - Inner Landscapes

Read and listen to issue fifteen of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 22 November 2023.

14 - A Letter

Read and listen to issue fourteen of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 08 November 2023.

13 - On Culture and Politics

Read and listen to issue thirteen of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 25 October 2023.

12 - the beauty of impermanence (on Etel Adnan)

Read and listen to issue twelve of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 11 October 2023.

11 - From Istanbul

Read and listen to issue eleven of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 27 September 2023.

10 - On Curating Literary Programmes

Read and listen to issue ten of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 13 September 2023.

09 - Once a Flaneur, Always a Flaneuse

Read and listen to issue nine of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 30 August 2023.

08 - Sometimes it is poetry we need

Read and listen to issue eight of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 16 August 2023.

07 - On Archives

Read and listen to issue seven of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 2 August 2023.

06 - Do I Really Want That Remote Life?

Read and listen to issue six of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 19 July 2023.

05 - On Violence

Read and listen to issue five of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 5 July 2023.

04 - My Gestures

Read and listen to issue four of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 21 June 2023.

03 - The Possibility of an Encounter

Read and listen to issue three of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 7 June 2023.

02 - Beyond Intentions

Read and listen to issue two of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 24 May 2023.

01 - On Hope

Read and listen to issue one of the Attention Span Newsletter, published on 10 May 2023.

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