Add it to the growing canvases of her daughters playing at the sea, climbing the rocks, placing their tiny hands in the crevices of the walls surrounding the house.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
The gallery hummed with the ideal number and mix of people—reverent Sherald fans, art students in statement glasses, and little kids rushing up to the massive canvases and screaming in delight.
Much of my adolescence was spent in Kandy, a city built around a lake, set amid the lush tea plantations of the hill country.
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Eranda Jayawickreme,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2026
The fire trend is linked to the proliferation of nonnative and highly flammable grasses, particularly on fallowed landscapes once used for sugar and pineapple plantations.
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