Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Literature from August 2008

Literature · August, 2008
RSS

Monthly archive

Stories about Literature from August, 2008

30 August 2008

Dominican Republic: Visit by Junot Díaz to Santo Domingo

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

29 August 2008

Eritrea: African Reading Challenge 2008

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Guyana, Bahamas: The good and bad of Carifesta X

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Caribbean

With the tenth Caribbean Festival of Arts -- Carifesta X -- under way in Guyana, bloggers comment on the massive event, its problems and highlights, the politics of art and...

China: Chinese Lies

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

28 August 2008

Tunisia: Eleven Minutes

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

25 August 2008

Bahamas, Guyana: Walcott's Warning

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

23 August 2008

Brazil: Micro stories contest via Twitter

Written by Paula Góes · Quick Reads · Latin America

20 August 2008

Morocco: Mourning Darwish

Written by Jillian C. York · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

18 August 2008

Guyana: Poems of a Fat Black Woman

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

16 August 2008

Bolivia: International Book Fair in La Paz

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

15 August 2008

Bahamas, Guyana: Carifesta Buzz

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Paraguay: Book and Paraguayan Author Fair

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

12 August 2008

Jamaica: Week in Review

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jordan: Arabic Harry Potter Banned in Israel

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

11 August 2008

Jordanian Bloggers Mourn Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish

Written by Naseem Tarawnah · Middle East & North Africa

The Jordanian blogosphere has been mourning the great Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, who passed away from complications due to open-heart surgery at the age of 67 this week. For Jordanians,...

9 August 2008

Arabeyes: Mourning for Mahmoud Darwish

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Bloggers around the Arab world mourned the death of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish yesterday. Scores of posts appeared online in Arabic and English even before news of his death was...