INTERVIEW: Vesna Cvjetićanin talks with be:longing about nostalgia and its role in the migrant experience.
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Uspomene / Успомене / Memories
POEM: Vesna Cvjeticanin shares with us her award-winning poem, “Uspomene”, reflecting on the way memories can be fickle despite our best efforts.
Na raskrsnici svetova / На раскрсници светова / At the crossroads of two worlds
POEM: Vesna Cvjetićanin describes the elusiveness of locating and choosing between her two personal histories.
Orthodox Easter eggs – Coming together to share traditions
FOLK TRADITION: Vesna, Dunja and Ella take us through their egg-colouring process for Orthodox Easter.
Equinox / Ravnodnevnica
POEM: Vesna Cvjetićanin ponders the changing of the seasons, imagining the different sights and sounds that signal equinox on both sides of the world.
Pesma 50 (Poem 50)
POEM: Vesna Cvjetićanin brings us a poem exploring the inescapable nature of genes and family heritage, in both English and Serbian.
Green banana
REFLECTION: Vesna Cvjetićanin shares with us a happy interaction experienced during her lunchtime quest for a green banana.
Zanesena u sećanjima / Занесена у сећањима
POEM: Vesna Cvjetićanin brings us a poem about daydreaming and nostalgia, and their interaction with everyday life
Čavrljanje / Чаврљањe (Chit-chatting)
POEM: Vesna Cvjetićanin speaks about the challenges involved in chatting casually in a language that isn’t your mother tongue.
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