· March, 2008

Stories about Literature from March, 2008

Caucasus: Ali and Nino

  11 March 2008

The Armenian Odar Reads posts a review of Ali and Nino by Kurban Said. The book, now considered a masterpiece after its rediscovery long after its publication in 1937, is a love story and centers around Nino, a Georgian, and Ali, an Azeri. The book is also considered an interesting...

Myanmar: Bullets in the Alms Bowl Ebook

  11 March 2008

Burma Digest features the ebook “Bullets in the Alms Bowl” – An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution which was written, edited and published by the Human Rights Documentation Unit.

Women Hold Up Half the Sky: A Poetry Jam

  9 March 2008

In celebration of International Women's Day, Rising Voices grantee and Nari Jibon founder, Kathryn Ward, came up with the idea of a friendly poetry competition among Rising Voices bloggers. Participants of the ten citizen media outreach projects were given a week to write and submit their poems related to the...

Nigeria: First online bookstore

  5 March 2008

Timbuktu Chronicles writes about the first online bookstore in Nigeria: “Emmanuel Magani and Debola Omololu are the founders of Debonair Publishing, an online bookstore ,a first for Nigeria.”…A fully integrated online bookstore.”

Africa: Africa Reading Challenge

  5 March 2008

Tuko Pamoja comes up with “Africa Reading Challenge” idea: “In recent years I’ve become increasingly interested in reading books dealing with Africa, and so I present the Africa Reading Challenge. Participants commit to read – in the course of 2008 – six books that either were written by African writers,...

Guatemala: Important Authors 1980-2000

  5 March 2008

Ronald Flores takes exception of a Guatemalan newspaper columnist's claim that there have not been any recent authors of importance. Flores provides examples of authors that he considers to be worthy of attention.

Jamaica: The Reggae Aesthetic

  4 March 2008

Jamaican Geoffrey Philp blogs about “art for art's sake and the reggae aesthetic” by examining West Indian writer Roger Mais’ book Brother Man.

India: Death of a writer

  3 March 2008

Dabbler on the death of Tamil writer Sujatha, and the irony of offering condolences in a way that might have not sat well with the writer.