Linguistic restoration of being 2015-07-15
The world we see in V. Braziūnas "Table Mountain" (Stalo kalnas, 2014, Vilnius: Lithuanian Writers' Association publishing house) is the place where male and female were based on different types of understanding, when the world and being where sacred and a human was able to meet another human without any cultural differences and in agreement view the images with the eyes of the soul.
Emilija Visockaitė, "We should start a new press era" 2015-07-08
Emilija Visockaitė is a representative of younger generation, actively participating in a cultural field and currently working in the Literatūra ir Menas (Literature and Art) magazine. We talked with Emilija about the situation of today's cultural press and the accents describing her own generation and personal experiences.
Short prose trolleybus journey 2015-07-03
Anthology Trolleybus Stories (Trolleybus Stories, 2014, Kaunas: Kitos Knygos publishing house) has indeed reached its goal - it exposed the myth that short Lithuanian prose is lyrical and provincial and that writers are poor storytellers. The travel itinerary composed of fifteen short stories, helped to make sure that Lithuanian literature can be urban, intriguing and full of humor and imagination.
Discovering my and your Vilnius 2015-06-23
Although it is stated in the website of the book of Justinas Žilinskas “My Vilnius” that it is dedicated to elder children and teenagers, the author does not agree and assures that it may be enjoyed by grown-ups (not necessarily from Vilnius) too. It is a story about children Aistė and Simas discovering Vilnius along with the mysterious Chronicler. The book offers interesting graphical solutions and illustrations and, of course, history of Vilnius.
Sound of angelic and demon-like existence 2015-06-22
The poet, essayist, literature critic and translator, winner of the National Culture and Art Prize Kęstutis Navakas issued the fruit of his six years work, the selection of essays “Soundless Ring” (Begarsis Skambutis, Vilnius, Tyto Alba publishing house) this year. It is the sixteenth book of the writer. The selection of essays is analysed in the article.
A. Jakučiūnas, „It may be that literature teaches one not to read“ 2015-06-08
Prose writer Andrius Jakučiūnas says, "Probably there had never been anything better said than the banality that an author should write about what is interesting and important to him. And whether his works will be interesting to others and if it matches the so-called spirit of the epoch is simply a coincidence, a fate."
Muddy water of culture while catching fish and dragons 2015-06-02
Undinė Radzevičiūtė novel "Fishes and Dragons" won this year's European Union Prize for Literature, which aims to enrich the translations and thus expand the visibility of authors. Such evaluation inspires to once again - or maybe for the first time, if the reader is lost among the multitude of books - open this novel.
"Poetry Spring" beech and an old cat with a few teeth 2015-06-01
It so happened that after coming home from all the events of the "Poetry Spring" in Kaunas the only texts that attracted were from a section "Pets." For example, about an old cat, which has only several teeth left, unsterilized, in search for home, but without big hopes of finding one...
Marius Burokas, "In United States authors worry less" 2015-05-18
Writer and translator Marius Burokas recently visited the United States where he with several other poets presented the anthology of the latest Lithuanian poetry "How the Earth Carries Us. New Poets from Lithuania." The conversation is about the travel experiences, writers' lives overseas and local topicalities.
Life without a clock, an autobiography without dates 2015-05-11
Algimantas Mikuta is a poet who allowed himself the luxury to live without a clock. He measured and gave meaning to time not with routine working hours that turned many into slaves but with poems. In the book of selected works "I Lived without a Clock", published in 2014, poet tells the story of his life not with dates but with events, images and emotions.
