The Shadow King

Francesca Capossela is currently pursuing a master's of Philosophy in Creative Writing at Trinity College Dublin. Her writing has appeared in Hanging Loose Magazine, The Point Magazine, and VICE.com. She is working on her first novel.

Francesca Capossela

The Body Is a Battlefield: On Maaza Mengiste’s “The Shadow King”

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

The Real Lolita

Alive in a Magic Democracy: On “The Real Lolita”

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

Literary Criticism

"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn

Biography &amp; Autobiography

Francesca Capossela is currently pursuing a master's of Philosophy in Creative Writing at Trinity College Dublin. Her writing has appeared in Hanging Loose Magazine, The Point Magazine, and VICE.com. She is working on her first novel.