ELISE SCHMIT lives in Luxembourg and writes stories, plays and poems in German, Luxembourgish and English. Her book of short stories "Stürze aus unterschiedlichen Fallhöhen" (Falling from various heights) won the Prix Servais 2019 for the best book of the year by a writer from Luxembourg. ANTIC-HAM was born in Seoul and lives in Achill Island in the West of Ireland. She is running Redfoxpress with Francis Van Maele and makes artist books using various techniques such as silkscreen, collage, illustrations and photography.
"I wrote 'Blue like a tangerine' for a friend who can't read my stories in German. I ended up writing a story about why and how I write, a manifesto almost - about the role of poetry, about love and loss."
Elise Schmit.