Walking in the Dark
In this original essay for Port, Sheila Heti explores the parallels between art and love, considering how writing and living alike depend on discovery, patience and the mysteries that emerge in darkness
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Get PORT in printIn this original essay for Port, Sheila Heti explores the parallels between art and love, considering how writing and living alike depend on discovery, patience and the mysteries that emerge in darkness
In Grudova’s original story for Port, we follow Milda, a woman released from prison to marry a stranger as part of a state effort to boost the birth rate. But her new husband has his own agenda – he wants her to join his underground political cell, offering to help find the child she lost when she was imprisoned for murder. Together, they must navigate a society where family is both a performance and a form of control
In this reflective essay from Danielle Pender, she explores the complexities of returning home – how distance reshapes family bonds, and the quiet negotiations that come with reunion
Philosopher Hilary Lawson on founding HowTheLightGetsIn, curating a space for open conversation, and what it means to navigate uncertainty in a fractured world
In an original story for Port, Vijay Khurana circles the subjects of memory and tension
For issue 31, Nobel Prize winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk shares an opening chapter from his latest epic, Nights of Plague
A new poem from Raymond Antrobus responding to a distressing academic paper highlighting the gaps in police and media training in dealing with disabled members of the public
Author Hari Kunzru on the far right and a shared decent into madness