Death in Reval: The Tallinn of Werner Bergengruen
One of the reasons for Bergengruen’s obscurity in Germany today might be that his writing is rich and sometimes too colourful, almost baroque in his descriptionsContinue Reading →
Playing Leaptiger: Estonian Innovations in Education
That in 2025 Estonia would be a global leader across multiple domains is not happenstance, but due to long-term investmentContinue Reading →
Making Oneself at Home in an Estonian Forest
by Valdur Mikita Many people have their own “home” forest in Estonia. An Estonian’s sense of home isn’t complete without a home woods. Here, a notable difference arises between Estonians…Continue Reading →
Dreaming by the Sea: Latvia's Coast Off-Season
"The people of those landscapes, both from Tranströmer's coast and from our own, have been looking at the surface of this sea for thousands of years"Continue Reading →
Birutė Pūkelevičiūtė: A Prescient, Once Sidelined Lithuanian Poet
"“[C]rude, tropically hot … menacingly rapturous”— a review by a Lithuanian critic that anathematized émigrée poet Birutė Pūkelevičiūtė"Continue Reading →