Maimu Berg A women’s self-esteem booster By Aita Kivi ELM 2/2017 ••• The Estonian writer and politician Maimu Berg (71) mesmerizes readers with her audacity in directly addressing some topics that are even see...
Tallinn University’s new Estonian Studies master’s program By Piret Viires ELM 2/2017 ••• Interest in Estonia has been growing around the world, and rising along with it is the number of those intrigued by the Estonian language an...
Maarja Kangro The pain treshold An interview by Tiina Kirss ELM 2/2017 ••• Several years ago, Maarja Kangro began publishing bold, sometimes stylistically grating and riotous poetry and prose in Estonian. She is als...
Maarja Kangro The Glass Child Translated by Adam Cullen ELM 2/2017 ••• Wednesday, January 28th, 2015, ~3:00 PM My throat hurt and felt swollen. At first, I thought I’d caught a cold from the open wi...
Poetry by Vladislav Koržets Translated by Adam Cullen ••• Cycle The night before last Wednesday, my pup died of infection, and was laid to rest out back until the resurrection. He won’t be poki...
Vladislav Koržets “Here I am now!” By Jürgen Rooste ELM 2/2017 ••• Vladislav Koržets (1951) is a long-time celebrity Estonian writer and fisherman, whose poetry debut Songs or Such (Laulud või nii) appeared ...
Adam Cullen The signs of something going right An interview by ELM ELM 2/2017 ••• Adam Cullen (31) is a translator and poet from Minnesota. He first came to Estonia in 2006, somewhat incidentally and with his sights set me...
Siuru in the winds of freedom By Elle-Mari Talivee ELM 2/2017 ••• Siuru, a literary group of the utmost importance in Estonia’s cultural context, was founded in May 1917. It was the second-to-last year of W...
Fear and loathing in little villages By Mari Klein ELM 2/2017 ••• Over the last few years, the writers Birk Rohelend and Katrin Pauts have set out to enrich the Estonian crime genre with grim, trying tales ...
Job Lisman Being led by literature An interview by ELM ELM 1/2017 ••• Job Lisman is the editorial director of Prometheus/Bert Bakker Publishers in the Netherlands, which publishes such bestselling authors as Je...
Estonian Literary Awards 2016 By Piret Viires ELM 2/2017 ••• Jaan Kaplinski received a lifetime creative achievement award from the Republic of Estonia. Andrei Ivanov was likewise recognized for his cr...
Urmas Vadi Neverland By Peeter Helme ELM 2/2017 ••• Urmas Vadi. Neverland Kolm Tarka, 2017. 352 pp Issues of identity remain topical in Estonian literature, and are addressed by Urmas Vadi...
Armin Kõomägi The Secret of My Eroticism By Peeter Helme ELM 2/2017 ••• Armin Kõomägi. Minu erootika saladus. (The Secret of My Eroticism) Sebastian Loeb, 2017. 238 pp Kõomägi has commented that the most intr...
Maimu BergHitler in Mustjala By Peeter Helme ELM 2/2017 ••• Maimu Berg. Hitler Mustjalas (Hitler in Mustjala) Short Stories Tuum, 2016. 221 pp Hitler sells; it’s true. He’s become one of modern s...
Eda AhiHarbor By Jürgen Rooste ELM 2/2017 ••• Eda Ahi. Sadam (Harbor) Tallinn, Verb, 2017. 48 pp ISBN 9789949984152 Eda Ahi is a self-standing great of contemporary Estonian poetry....
Elo ViidingConsciousmaker By Jürgen Rooste ELM 2/2017 ••• Elo Viiding, Teadvuselooja (Consciousmaker). Tallinn, Tuum, 2016. 64 pp ISBN 9789949979431 Consciousmaker begins in a psycho-mythologic...
Kristjan HaljakConceptio Immaculata By Jürgen Rooste ELM 2/2017 ••• Kristjan Haljak. Conceptio Immaculata. Tallinn, Vihmakass ja Kakerdaja, 2017. 65 pp ISBN 9789949811212 Kristjan Haljak is the only cred...