Do Animals think?
a personal experiment of a ten year old boy I grew up in Finland in a family where animals were…
Geisha of Gion (2002)
Mineko Iwasaki (b. 1949) was regarded in the 1970s as the most beautiful woman in Japan, and that is not…
Where Are the Dogs in Memoirs?
There is a dog in the picture. Not just any dog, but Panu, a Karelian Bear Dog, who was a…
Kafka and the Girl
The following story is told about the Czech writer Franz Kafka. Around 1922, Kafka was walking in a Berlin park…
Veganismin strategiat
Vallankumousten pahin vihollinen on kognitiivinen dissonanssi… Instan vegaaniryhmissä ja Facessa näkee aika usein postauksia, joissa tosivegaanit purkavat kiukkua lihansyöjiä ja…
The Bookshelf Is the Reader’s Portrait
Over the past week I have taken more than fifty plastic bags of books to the recycling center. Each time…
Missä ovat muistelmien koirat?
Kuvassa on koira. Ei mikä tahansa koira vaan karjalankarhukoira Panu, joka oli lapsuudessa minun perheeni jäsen noin kuuden vuoden ajan.…
Finland’s Forgotten Olympic Gold in Literature
When Finland’s Olympic medals are listed, one gold medal in literature is often forgotten. Finland won it at the Berlin…
Romaanin dramaturgiasta
Törmäsin taannoin Teatterikorkeakoulun julkaisusarjassa 2018 ilmestyneeseen kirjaan Dramaturgia – Kaikki järjestyy aina. Se oli noita onnelllisia sattumia, joita osuu kohdalle…
The Idea of the Library in the Twenty-First Century
Let the library be a temple of culture. But it is also a shop where the result of the writer’s…