‘Indeed, the moment an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist, and becomes a dumb or amazing craftsman, an honest or a dishonest tradesman’. 1 For the enfant terrible, that young and particular breed of artist, commerce is not an area of…
Introduction Silence is often misunderstood as emptiness—a lack of words, a gap in the narrative, an unfinished conversation. Yet, in literature, silence is never empty. It is deliberate. It carries weight, tension, and meaning that words alone cannot hold. Writers across centuries have used silence as a powerful narrative device: to express what characters cannot…
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“The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones” – William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar It is often said evil supersedes death. That we carry our goodwill to our grave while our injustices live on, despite our corporal disappearance. It is often told a lie gets halfway across the …
The Literary Times Magazine Issue 06 ABOUT THIS ISSUE: From the moment a boundary is drawn—whether by law, tradition, or the self—it becomes a question, a challenge, a whisper in the dark. A desire to break it, cross it overtakes. Forbidden things carry the weight of both warning and allure, and that tension is where…
We live in a time where internet is everywhere, in our pockets, on our desks, and even woven into our daily routines. It helps us build careers, stay informed, connect with people across the globe—and yet, something strange is happening. Despite being more connected than ever, many of us feel more alone. The internet is…
I was reading The Silent Woman (1993) by Janet Malcolm, a book on the life of Sylvia Plath. What I thought to be a simple biography of the poet turned out to be more than that. The book was about the people who wrote about and profited from the now-deceased Sylvia Plath. The main way…
In today’s world, social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok have changed how we connect with others. While they’ve made it easier to reach people from all over the world, they also create a strange kind of loneliness—a feeling of being “connected” yet increasingly isolated. Through algorithms, the drive for engagement, and the push…
The Literary Times Magazine Issue 05 The Literary Times Issue 05 is solely based on the theme of \”Dies Irae\” which is a Latin phrase that translates to \”Day of Wrath\”. It\’s a medieval hymn that describes the day of judgment, where the souls of the dead are summoned to face their maker. In this issue we will Embark…
When not hot on the scent of a miscreant at large, the armchair detective staves off boredom by pretending to read their narrator’s mind. Congeniality, after all, is among their investigative toolkit. They never lose composure before their foes and partners in justice, because they never take their cases personally— their expeditions are merely a…