· June, 2006

Stories about Literature from June, 2006

The Global Voices Show #2

Episode #2 of the Global Voices Show has landed! In this edition we feature excerpts from the following podcasts: XiaoQiao (Singapore) Africa Files: The Pulse (Canada/South Africa) BahasaPod (Indonesia) Kazakhstan...

10 June 2006

Cambodia: Book on Cambodian History

Andy in his blog talks about a new book on Cambodian history “A book arrived through my letterbox today for review, namely John Tully's A Short History of Cambodia :...

9 June 2006

Hong Kong: Chinese author porn

Roland Soong at EastSouthWestNorth translates an essay making waves on a Chinese BBS recently written by a woman calling herself the Franz Kafka of China. In a bid to draw...

9 June 2006

Japan: Literary reader published

FG blogger Mulboyne takes a look at the recently-published book ‘Japan: A Traveler's Literary Companion‘ and the stories in it which, the blogger writes, “like the country and the people,...

7 June 2006

Dominica: Jean Rhys’ house

On a recent visit to Dominica, Francomenz goes out of her way to photograph the childhood home of renowned Dominican writer Jean Rhys, which is “now a guest house, right...

5 June 2006

Russia: Limonov and Copyright

Russia is notorious for its disregard for copyright laws. According to anti-piracy organizations, it is the second-biggest source of pirated software, music and film in the world. China is the...

2 June 2006

China: Old festival, new name

Known in the West mainly for its colorful dragon boat races, yesterday's Duan Wu (端午) Festival has its origins with Qu Yuan (屈原), a renowned and respected corruption-fighting poet whose...

2 June 2006

Argentina: More Borges

“I have committed the worst sin of all That a man can commit. I have not been Happy….” That is from Borges’ poem “El remordimiento” [Remorse], which Jeff Barry reviews...

1 June 2006

Caribbean: Good writing

Jamaican poet Geoffrey Philp writes on his blog about a family recipe for chicken soup, and gets an e-mail suggesting he contribute something to the Chicken Soup for the Soul...

1 June 2006