Early on, as I began working with the tale of the Horsetail Girl, I found myself circling a part of the story I hesitated to touch. So much so that I doubted I would ever be able to tell it. It wasn’t that moment when the girl’s face is torn off. A moment that had […]
Läs mer … from The Horse That Would Not Speak First VI – The River and the Red Beads
This series of blog posts also functions as part of my MA at Plymouth University. I translate most of my work into both languages but in this particular post English is dominating in both versions. My teachers, in turn, will be given a taste of the telling itself in Swedish. There is a space in […]
Läs mer … from The Horse That Would Not Speak First V – Voices
Last night I drifted through the internet for hours before turning off the light. Then I dreamt I was working. When I woke up, I went online again. Quickly, so I wouldn’t have to feel the full impact of the restlessness in my body. Sudoku instead of breakfast. News from a fractured world instead of […]
Läs mer … from The Horse That Would Not Speak First IV – Fox Traps
I’ve said before that my Siberian tale carries a profound hope. A small stray dog performs the most beautiful act of heroism, but to tell you about it, I first need to take you where the story hurts the most. Perhaps it’s exactly because it leads me into fear and darkness, and then points to […]
Läs mer … from The Horse That Would Not Speak First III – The Stolen Face
In my previous post, I wrote about the talking horse — you know, the one presented as a wedding gift to a young woman, born from a plant — about this horse being especially fascinating to me since it actually stays silent, when it could have helped by saying something. Was it shyness? Or did […]
Läs mer … from The Horse That Would Not Speak First II – The Lighteaters
The following posts are translated from Swedish and are presented as part of a Master’s currently undertaken at Plymouth University. For anyone who prefers listening to reading I have added a recorded version of the text here: Since the autumn of 2021, I’ve been slowly weaving my way through a Master’s in The Poetics of […]
Läs mer … from The Horse That Would Not Speak First – My Essay Adventure
