Romania

Back to Romania: 3 months in

When I decided to return to Romania I went online to find stories of…

home in dialogue: Dana Olărescu

‘Home in dialogue’ is a series of interviews with Romanians returned to Romania or those who live in…

What’s in a foreign name?

Full moon. 
Looking for the keys to a house, 
the shoes to a meaning.

Stretching time across the kitchen table, light 
dimming on faces, words laid bare in the dark the 
shapes of glasses and bottles, last…

‘Unlikeable’ country life

I called to my cat ‘Come here, come here.’ In return I got a motionless stare. After a while sitting with my eyes…