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Merle Emrich
Merle is a writer and an artist from Germany, based in Sweden. She enjoys writing on a variety of topics, both fiction and non-fiction. She is concerned with issues related to environmentalism, feminism, and social movements. Her academic background is in International Relations, Sociology of Law, and Cultural Studies.
Merle oversees the content and the publishing of the magazine.
Articles
Feb 17
More at Stake Than Citizenship Rights in Recent Debates
Leading up to the elections, the German conservatives are moving on a path that threatens more than citizenship rights. An opinion piece.
Nov 3, 2024
The Kitchen Herbarium: Pumpkin Soup with Mugwort
Considered a magical plant across continents, mugwort has many uses as a medicinal herb as well as in the kitchen and beyond.
Sep 22, 2024
The Kitchen Herbarium: Elderberry Tonic
Both cursed and sacred, the elder tree has a track record in folklore, folk medicine, and beyond—including food.
Comics
Aug 11, 2024
A Tale of Iron and Spores: The Mycelocene (2)
Sweden, 2069. The fungus Elle warned about two decades ago spreads through the mine posing a threat to business as usual.
Jan 1, 2024
There Are Things in the Water
Today, the sea scares me. I fear the dark in its depth call to me.
Oct 29, 2023
Humdrum Spaceboy
This comic resulted from a study trip to several creative spaces in Malmö, in September 2022.
Poetry
Oct 6, 2024
Future Weavers: The Mycelocene (5)
The last chapter of this speculative fiction invites you to imagine the Mycelocene: What would this new epoch be like?
Feb 26, 2024
Long After Sunrise
"cursed the self in the mirror
for not opening the windows wide at dawn
to hear the songbirds singing"
Oct 15, 2023
Drunk Poets Society
"soul dripping from tongue and stumbling eyes
every slurred word a poem in itself"
Short Fiction
Nov 17, 2024
Merlo Rosso
As the day cools and dusk falls, a blackbird watches the life in the streets below him; his mind lost in memories of a life long ago.
Oct 20, 2024
Hawthorn and Magpie
A park with a hawthorn tree at its center and an encounter with a magpie lead Maggie into a fairy mound of her own.
Oct 6, 2024
Burya 4: Chapter 5
When Kolya finally manages to sleep, a familiar face appears in his dream which quickly turns into a nightmare.
Dextercast
Oct 14, 2024
Exploring Monsters with Line Henriksen
Prepare to be spooked as we dive into the world of monsters with Line Henriksen, senior lecturer in literature and creative writing.
Nov 26, 2023
Climate Action Week with Carlos Perez Baez and Luca Berardi
In this episode of Dextercast, Carlos Perez Baez and Luca Berardi share their experiences with and hopes for Climate Action Week.
Jul 2, 2023
Beyond Human: "Mischief Acts" by Zoe Gilbert—Worlding Processes through Fiction
In this episode, we discuss how fiction can be part of a worlding process through an ontopolitical analysis of 'Mischief Acts'.
Art
Sep 3, 2023
Shuttered in Waves
A collaborative aquarelle painting.
Jun 18, 2023
Gap Var Ginnunga
"Father of Hosts chose for her rings and necklaces, [...] wise speech, and spirits of divination; she saw widely, widely about every world."
Photography
Jul 28, 2024
Eight Wild Plants and Their Uses
Explore some of the flowering road-side finds that the Swedish summer has to offer.
May 19, 2024
Protests in Malmö during Eurovision 2024
Thousands protested peacefully against Israel's participation in the ESC and for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Nov 12, 2023
Malmö: Protest for Palestine
Approximately 2,000 people gathered in Malmö on November 12 in support of Palestine. A photo story.
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