King’s Review

Annual print publication run by graduate students at King’s College, Cambridge publishing art, interviews and essays on politics, culture and contemporary life.

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'These garden identities existed in two worlds, one rooted as a local cipher, cultivating a perennial presence on stolen land, the other outwards facing, towards the sea and the high (horti)culture of empire'. Words by @anna_m_lawrence, now online. https://t.co/p8ey3wulRr

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'I can propose an alternative to things in society that I don’t agree with...using my body as a site of resistance'. The brilliant @talahanderson interviews musician and performer @lyra_pramuk - now available to read online.

https://t.co/uAXeaZ3Dfd

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'The flightless birds that took to the land have been left vulnerable by evolution: exposed to the anthropogenic mass extinction largely caused by capitalism’s disregard for ecology' @jonnyjjt
and @admsrl on flightlessness, now available to read online. https://t.co/6ug6WTVCEJ

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On Sunday 14th June, it will be three years since the fire at Grenfell. Three long years without justice or accountability. Last, year I spoke with @MoyraSamuels from @officialJ4G - the essay is now available to read online. https://t.co/caxU1fI6ph

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“I find terms like “unconscious bias” [un]helpful...taking refuge in the unconscious is not a good start. We need to be conscious about seeing our complicities.”

Dr. Priya Gopal on white fragility & the decolonise movement in our ‘Flights’ issue. Shipping worldwide. Link in bio.

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‘Flights' is now available to order! Ft. interviews with Dr. Priya Gopal, musician Lyra Pramuk & artist Katie Paterson, plus essays on biomimicry & extinction, political gardening, & aerial technologies of flight.

Cover image: Larry Achiampong. Shipping worldwide. Link in bio.

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“I’m looking for ascension, vacating my body, crafting an experience whereby...no amount of shit-talk or argument or irony or apathy can even cut through the space.”

Futurist-folk artist Lyra Pramuk - interviewed in our ‘Flights’ issue. Shipping worldwide May 25th. Preorder now.

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“Gardening is political. It magics alternate worlds into being [...]. As roots twist downwards and buds push up, the ground is colonised.” Anna Lawrence on the ‘(horti)culture of Empire’ in our ‘Flights’ issue, available to pre-order.

Shipping worldwide on May 25th. Link in bio.

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“‘Mum, I’m in the fourth dimension, see!’ is a dance, a poem, a fit of rage, an exorcism and a queer, secular hymn to the impending capitalist apocalypse.”

Read performance duo Es Morgan & Charlie Ashwell’s monologue in full in our ‘Flights’ issue, available to pre-order.

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Our latest issue explores the theme of ‘flights’ from various vantage points and disciplines, including pieces with noted intellectual Dr. Priyamvada Gopal, musician Lyra Pramuk, and artist Katie Paterson.

Shipping worldwide on May 25th.

Pre-order at https://t.co/UJqRA9HLP8

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'The nostalgia of Brexit is a memory of nothing, a fantasy of a coherent nation bounded by the Atlantic, North Sea and the Channel, determined by its Anglo-Saxon destiny'.

@freddyfoks1 on statehood and Brexit - available now to read on our website. https://t.co/ZJGCzCxYpc

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CALL FOR REVIEWS:

We are expanding our review section on our website and are looking for writers to review art, books, films and contemporary cultural events. If you have an idea, pitch, or full-length review, send an email to [email protected]

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@johndevlin771 Thank you for letting us know- it has now been corrected.

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Super happy to announce the launch of our brand new website. New material plus work from the KR archive. https://t.co/dhuprqEvjd

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Poetics of the Tangent: Dialect, Translation, and the Critique of Linguistic Ontology - a new essay by New York based academic Giancarlo Tursi - is available to read on our website. https://t.co/JcDUYi8Ozd

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Dive through our archives and read @aliceblackhurst's 2017 interview with the legendary Patti Smith.
https://t.co/qymMJnr9rn

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I wrote about Amy Hempel for the @parisreview https://t.co/ZCqsfRaT86

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"All political movements do aesthetics, including nationalism." In conversation with Geeta Patel https://t.co/apS99sw8o5

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"Part of the project of actually thinking about power is learning how to be vulnerable." KR in conversation with Geeta Patel https://t.co/apS99sw8o5