Stories about Literature from November, 2007
Bahamas: Future Shock?
Bahama Pundit‘s Larry Smith refers to the work of Alvin Toffler and Dr. James Canton to underscore the importance of the Bahamas being prepared for the inevitable challenges of the future.
Jamaica: Our Caribbean
Geoffrey Philp features Our Caribbean: “an anthology of lesbian and gay writing from across the Antilles”.
Cuba, U.S.A.: Cuban-American
Babalu Blog posts a poem by Marielena Jané-Prats about what it means to be a Cuban-American.
Bahrain: Flaunting your wealth – and accounting for it
What are bloggers talking about in Bahrain this week? Financial accountability, the reasons for blogging, a childhood addiction to books, how to encourage creativity - and looking after appearances.
Brazil: Books at bus stops
“You know that feeling when you’re waiting at a bus stop and you just wish you had something to read?”, The Spectacled Bear discovers the Books at Bus Stops project in Brasília, capital of Brazil. It is a very simple idea: a stall at the bus stops where anyone can...
Palestine: Challenging Nephew
Palestinian Iman writes about how her five-year-old nephew now thinks she is illiterate.
Jamaica: Pages of Wisdom
Geoffrey Philp's Blogspot features a new book whose Caribbean contributors include George Lamming, Derek Walcott, Earl Lovelace, Jamaica Kincaid and Edwidge Danticat.
Jamaica, Cuba: Alvarez In Her Own Words
Geoffrey Philp features author Celia Alvarez in her own words.
Albania: Online Bookstore Update
Things are going pretty well for Albanian Blogger‘s online bookstore that sells Albanian-language books – so well that it has inspired him to read a couple titles, too.
China: No More Printed Book?
Joel Martinsen from DANWEI translated a blogpost from a horror writer, Zhou Dedong, which explained why he decided to leave the printed world and go online.
Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname: Who Goes To Suriname?
Antilles features a travel essay by Daniel Titinger about “Suriname's unlikely role in the world of football.”