BilleneeveAn Autumn Like an Ending RelationshipandA One-Windowed World By Jürgen Rooste ELM 1/2017 ••• Billeneeve, Sügis nagu lõppev suhe (An Autumn Like an Ending Relationship) Saarde-Pärnu, Jumalikud Ilmutused, 2015. 60 pp ISBN: 9789949519...
Triin SoometsChosen Qualities By Jürgen Rooste ELM 1/2017 ••• Triin Soomets, Valitud omadused (Chosen Qualities) Tallinn, Tuum, 2016. 327 pp. ISBN: 9789949979424 Chosen Qualities (Valitud omadused)...
Tarmo TederAndrus’ Life and Joy By Jürgen Rooste ELM 1/2017 ••• Tarmo Teder, Andruse elu ja õnn (Andrus’ Life and Joy) Tallinn, Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2016. 102 pp. ISBN: 9789985796795 Tarmo Teder (19...
Lauri SommerStories from the South. 2012–2016 By Jürgen Rooste ELM 1/2017 ••• Lauri Sommer, Lugusid lõunast. 2012–2016 (Stories from the South. 2012–2016) Tallinn, Menu Meedia, 2016. 200 pp. ISBN: 9789949549436 Es...
Katrin JohansonAtlantis in a Cove By Peeter Helme ELM 1/2017 ••• Katrin Johanson, Atlantis abajas (Atlantis in a Cove) Tallinn, Varrak, 2016. 160 pp. ISBN: 9789985337967 Katrin Johanson’s (1972) entra...
Maarja KangroThe Glass Child By Jürgen Rooste ELM 1/2017 ••• Maarja Kangro, Klaaslaps (The Glass Child) Tallinn, Nähtamatu Ahv, 2016. 208 pp. ISBN: 9789949813629 Maarja Kangro (1973) has been one ...
Eeva Park Pets’ Paradise By Peeter Helme ELM 1/2017 ••• Eeva Park, Lemmikloomade paradiis (Pets’ Paradise) Tallinn, Verb, 2016. 239 pp ISBN: 9789949984138 Eeva Park (1950) is one of those rar...
Silvia UrgasIt´s just about late enough Translated by Adam Cullen ELM 1/2017 ••• it’s just about late enough that the clock hands show you’re-a dope-for-caring- but-time-for-us-to-have-one-more-drink-now and some guy i...
Mihkel MuttThe Estonian Circumciser Translated and commented by Adam Cullen ELM 1/2017 ••• With Mihkel Mutt’s (1953) first novel since his hefty work The Cavemen Chronicle (2012), the unparalleled master of Estonian irony has emerg...
Nikolai Baturin:A celebrated stranger By Berk Vaher ELM 1/2017 ••• How can one explain Nikolai Baturin’s works and creative identity to someone from a different and distant culture, when they are quite the m...
Eda AhiDance lessons with gravity Translated by Adam Cullen ELM 1/2017 ••• they dance with you, gravity, everyone. but only the brave know the steps they should take. you’ve got that cruel but equalizing trait: b...
Kelly TurkWhere do little fat girls go? Translated by Adam Cullen ELM 1/2017 ••• where do little fat girls go when insulted beneath clotheslines behind a house to practice to practice a speech for getting back at ...
Helena LäksPalm reader (a.k.a.) don’t mention it Translated by Adam Cullen ELM 1/2017 ••• an old man wearing a cotton-padded coat rubber boots just stopped before me and said he sees my opening I was upset doubtless means som...
Sveta Grigorjevawho's afraidof sveta grigorjeva? Translated by Adam Cullen ELM 1/2017 ••• one time in grade school the topic of reading class was fairy tales redone by Disney (that’s not quite how we classified it back then ...
Five Snow Whitesand not a single prince By Carolina Pihelgas ELM 1/2017 ••• Writing about female poets, one inevitably arrives at a disturbing thought: why are some women regarded as poets, and others as poetesses? T...
Six Estonianshort story writers through time By Mait Vaik ELM 1/2017 ••• When I was asked to write about the five Estonian short story writers I enjoy the most, I unconsciously wondered: based on what criteria? Th...
Indrek KoffStories of a Hundred Nations Translated by Adam Cullen ELM 1/2017 ••• A fairy tale about warm light. A fairy tale about the hundred faces of loneliness. A reflective fairy tale about your life. A fairy tale ...
Indrek Koff – intuitively in-between modes of expression ELM 1/2017 ••• Indrek Koff (1975) is one of the most fascinating Estonian authors of the last decade. His writing stands out for its experimentation, the a...
Paavo MatsinThe Gogol Disco Translated by Adam Cullen ELM 1/2017 ••• Cutlets for Gogol Katerina had been crying over Grigory’s disappearance the entire day, alone downstairs. She finally pulled herself togeth...
Paavo Matsin’s performances By Jan Kaus ELM 1/2017 ••• I last saw Paavo Matsin (1970) at a museum that honors the Estonian literary classic Eduard Vilde, where we were both scheduled to speak. We...