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Autocannibalism For Beginners: Helen Cova Deals With Her Dark Past
Here’s the odd thing: eating oneself, literally, is not technically illegal in Iceland. Nor is it anywhere else—if you insist to be precise about it. But if you dive into the concept from a poetic stand, things get more complicated. Therapeutic soul…
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This is Ós: Ós Pressan Challenges What Counts As ‘Icelandic literature’
Since the days of sagas and skalds, the abundance and international distinction of Icelandic literature has always seemed an anomaly, deeply disproportionate to the nation’s tiny population and geographic isolation. Although the question of why Icelandic literature has achieved its iconicity has…