FrostwritingIssue 1
Spring reached Sweden the same time Frostwriting’s first issue hit the net, and worry started competing with happiness instantly: will it get as warm, joyful, fun and exciting as we wished and planned for? Or will we have a steady downpour, squashy shoeprints all over the place and near-perpetual darkness? Getting what one longs for is always a huge risk. Doing what one aimed for can be even riskier. But the alternative is getting and doing nothing, so here we are, creating another birthday to remember.…
Translation
Stars
by Edith Södergran
translated by Janice D. Soderling
This deceptively simple poem was written by one of the most eminent Nordic modernists. The early influences on Edith Södergran (1892-1923) were French symbolism, German…
From the Editor
So, you think you can write?
by Helena Axelson Fisk
Well, so do we and we have thrown ourselves into the world of online literature to meet you. We want to be stimulated, provoked, moved and inspired, but try to…
On writing
Writing a book is like falling in love
by Augustin Erba
The first morning you write a lot. Maybe ten pages. They are glorious. The best you ever did. This new partner brings magic into your life. The two of you have a brilliant future together. This is all you ever dreamed of. You are completely satisfied.
You take a nap.…