Welcome to issue five of The Attention Span Newsletter by me, Canan “Ja’anan” Marasligil. I’m a writer, a literary translator, an artist and a curator of cultural programmes based in Amsterdam.Every other week, I take the time to reflect and offer a glimpse of how I see the world through the lens of culture, art, translation, poetry and literature. Each issue has a short essay, a nerdy look at translation, a page from one of my notebooks, a list of things to read, watch or listen to.This podcast is made for those of you who prefer an audio experience. You can also support my work via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theattentionspan Thank you for your presence and attention!EPISODE 5 SHOW NOTES:Read / “Since the start of the war, I have developed a cough – it chokes me as soon as I try to say something long and meaningful.” Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina had written in her “Diary of Silence” (Translated from the Ukrainian by Yulia Lyubka and Kate Tsurkan). Amelina died on 1 July from injuries sustained in a Russian missile strike on a crowded restaurant in eastern Ukraine. She had been collecting stories about Russia's war crimes and wrote several testimonies of the war. I am sharing her Diary of Silence as a way to honour her memory, you can read it in online literary magazine Apofenie: https://www.apofenie.com/letters-and-essays/2023/3/21/diary-of-silence?fbclid=IwAR3aB_q_ET47y0eBNJdVR20dzyTgEICXBeSZtxCzTgVNkUMzH5msiOm8p_Q Listen/ A wonderful conversation with adrienne maree brown (a writer and activist, a.o. author of Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Shaping Worlds) on Krista Tippett’s podcast on being: https://onbeing.org/programs/adrienne-maree-brown-we-are-in-a-time-of-new-suns/ Watch/ I love this interview with writer and essayist Siri Husvedt on the tenth edition of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon] which was held at the Metrograph Theater, in New York City. These Literary events are organized by CHANEL and Charlotte Casiraghi, ambassador and spokesperson for the brand. Yes, it is an excellent branding strategy for CHANEL, but honestly, I don’t really mind it because the quality of the conversation is quite good, so check it out for yourself: https://youtu.be/I5rlaYCE2hk

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