![]() ![]() Toomas Hendrik Ilves (Estonia) - former Estonian president and writer on digital democracy. Nora Ikstena (Latvia) - literary director and author of the novel Soviet Milk about female experience in Soviet-occupied Latvia The novel has now been published in Macedonia, Hungary, Italy and Great Britain. ![]() Paula Erizanu (Moldova) - arts critic, political commentator and former Culture Editor of The Calvert Journal Nora Ikstena’s Soviet Milk (Mtes piens), a novel praised and admired by readers and critics in Latvia, is now available to increasingly larger audiences beyond the borders of Latvia. Žygimantas Kudirka (Lithuania) - rapper, spoken word artist and media commentatorĮmmi Itaranta (Finland) - novelist and commentator author of the dystopian novel Memory Of Water ![]() Today - Novelist Emmi Itaranta considers the Finns' reputation as a silent, deadly Resistance, historical connections between her home city of Tampere and Manchester, and the quandary of "resting Finn face". Our essayists across the series include a rapper and media commentator, a former President, a celebrated art critic, a dystopian novelist, and a distinguished literary director. Their words weave with sounds and encounters from their home city as they explore their country's history, ambitions and distinctive character in the 21st century. Five cultural figures from the front line of Russia's border with Europe - Lithuania, Finland, Moldova, Latvia and Estonia - explore their national psyche in uncertain times. ![]()
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