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Elif Shafak: In Flux

Port Magazine

To celebrate Port’s 10th anniversary, we’ve partnered with Giorgio Armani on a two-issue Commentary special, publishing original work from some of the most relevant writers working today. For Autumn / Winter, we present ‘In Flux’, an expansive new essay from the multi-award-winning author and issue 29 cover star Elif Shafak. She analyses sections from his recent novel The Island of Missing Trees, in turn ruminating on memory, our necessity for stories, and the precarious balance of optimism and pessimism in 2021. Afterwards, she catches up with  guest contributor and politics editor at Gal-Dem, Moya Lothian-McLean, to discuss the piece. Music by Edison Music.