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Book letter #22 Elon Musk lives in a science fiction story – Siss Vik’s book letter
Dear readers! Surprisingly for myself, autumn 2023 has become the time for Great Biographies of Great Men, as I am now parallel-reading, or listening to, the biographies of Elon Musk…
Book letter #20 Joyce Carol Oates and municipal literature – Siss Vik’s book letter
Dear reader The public holidays are over and there are people and traffic in the streets again. It’s also a bit delicious. In this week’s book letter, I take a…
Book letter #18: Artificial intelligence (AI) is a Frankenstein’s monster for our time – Siss Vik’s book letter
Hello in the summer heat! This will be the last book letter before the holidays, where I look to “Frankenstein” to shed light on a development that frightens me. So…
Book letter #17 Tolkien’s description of nature has made me want to learn more about trees – Siss Vik’s book letter
Hey! As soon as the sun came out of its winter hibernation here in southern Norway, I dragged the camping chair out of the basement shed and set up in…
Book letter # 16 why are we afraid of poems – Siss Vik’s book letter
Hallais! I never have such strong literary FOMO as when I am at the literature festival in Lillehammer. No matter how early you get up or how late you go…
Writing funny and sad about confused sexuality – Siss Vik’s book letter
Hey there! Yes, it certainly hurts when buds burst. Karin Boye’s poem is perfect for May, when you can literally hear buds bursting forth on twigs and stems. The Swedish…
Can Siss get hooked on fantasy? – Siss Vik’s book letter
Hello hello! Then Easter was over, and I didn’t get to read a single book, granted. Maybe that’s how it is for us who work with books: It gives a…
Book letter # 11 Author Lyudmila Ulitskaja escaped from Russia – Siss Vik’s book letter
Hello! The big literary news from us at news this weekend is the unveiling of the winner of the Lytternes novel prize. It will be announced on P2 and on…
Book letter#4 Perhaps this is exactly the year we need Christmas novels – Siss Vik’s book letter
Hi! My name is Siss Vik and I am a literary journalist at news. In this book letter’s menu comes our long-awaited top list of 2022 books. For the poem…