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In its quiet past, literature was rare, heavy with gravity, and treated not as a fleeting commodity, but as a hard-won monument against time, a vital bridge built to carry the myths, laws, and deepest truths of ancient civilizations across the centuries to us.

The Lizard of Oz

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July 11, 2026
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Within minutes, a small crowd had gathered, cheering and throwing confetti made of rose petals. Lizzie tried to explain that her greatest achievement to date was catching a particularly fat bluebottle fly, but her protests were drowned out by the applause…

Will AI Ever Replace Diplomats?

June 23, 2026
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From medicine to law, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has sparked widespread speculation about the future of automation. Yet international relations, a field heavily reliant on nuanced human communication, remains a unique battleground for this technological shift…
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Together But Alone

June 18, 2026
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Usually, Friday nights followed a strict, comforting protocol. The humans would sit perfectly still on the furniture, their faces illuminated by small glowing rectangles, effectively rendering them inanimate objects that occasionally dropped popcorn…
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The Art of Writing in the Dark

June 10, 2026
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In the spirit of Jorge Luis Borges, Umberto Eco, or Italo Calvino, one might say: “The history of literature is the history of authors trying to convince readers that the dark does not exist, while secretly being terrified of what is hiding in it.”…
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Former diplomat and globetrotter, Dan Costinas is a versatile contemporary writer, translator, and editor. A true polyglot, he has authored and contributed to several dozen books spanning mainly fiction, essays, aphorisms, reviews and criticism, journalism, and poetry.

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From the quiet shelves of forty-four national archives and ancient university libraries to the cosy corners of independent bookstores and modest home…

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