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[In Die Quieter Please Mag] Poem “Knife Skills”

Prose poem about racoons dogs & flimsy dinners for two. In Die Quieter Please Magazine, November 2025.

Writing

[In Looming] Essay “Metsa poole”

Essay x my grandmother's garden, the Estonian musical film "Bumpy" (1981), and returning to one's home as a changeling. In Looming, 8/2028.

Reviews

[For Sirp] Review of “El peligro de estar cuerda” by Rosa Montero

Review of the Spanish writer Rosa Montero’s book on madness, “El peligro de estar cuerda.” Published in Estonian as “Oht olla hullumeelne” by Kirjastus Puänt.

Reviews

[For Sirp] Review of “Talvine teekond” by Asta Põldmäe

A homage to my favourite Estonian writer and editor Asta Põldmäe, disguised as a review of her latest story collection "Talvine teekond." Published in Sirp.

Writing

A Touch Too Late

Here they are, the tiny statuettes. I could place each one of them in my pocket and make it my companion.

Reviews

2023: Favorite Books & Other Writing

Best books of 2023 – what I read, wrote, and reviewed this year.

Writing

What Is an Animal?

There was one in the clouds. At all times and as yet: in the air and under water, on and under the ground, in forests and on fields. In this language, on these shelves: animals.

Writing

[In Looming] Short Story “Bernini inglid”

My short story "Bernini inglid" was published in the Estonian literary magazine Looming, 7/2023.

Reviews

[For Sirp] Review of The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen

Review of The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen. Published in the Estonian cultural weekly Sirp, 07.07.2023.

Reviews

[For Sirp] Review of “Thirtieth Year” by Ingeborg Bachmann

Review of "The Thirtieth Year" by Ingeborg Bachmann. Published in the Estonian cultural weekly Sirp, 19.05.2023.

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