Stories about Literature from March, 2008
Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti, Dominican Republic: Book Awards
Antilles reports that two of the National Book Critics’ Circle awards have been won by Caribbean writers.
Caucasus: Ali and Nino
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...
Myanmar: Bullets in the Alms Bowl Ebook
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...
Tajikistan: Tajikistan in the New Central Asia
Kayumars Turkistani reviews a book titled “Tajikistan in the New Central Asia: Geopolitics, Great Power Rivalry and Radical Islam” by Swedish political scientist Lena Jonson, who analyzes the 5 years...
Iran:”Negative books will be collected”
Divanesara says[Fa] that Iranian authorities announced the books with “negative values” will be collected from libraries.The blogger says there is no hope in this country.
Jordan: Introducing Suheir Hammad
From Jordan, Rambling Hal introduces us to poet Suheir Hammad.
Women Hold Up Half the Sky: A Poetry Jam
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...
Egypt: New Book Out
The Arabist draws our attention to a new book on the political situation in Egypt.
Egypt: Secrets Kept by Palms
From Egypt, Zeinab shares a story entitled Secrets Kept by Palms.
Nigeria: First online bookstore
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...
Africa: Africa Reading Challenge
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....
Guatemala: Important Authors 1980-2000
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...
Iraq: Muslim Thoughts
Iraqi Khalid Jarrar shares the findings of a book on what Muslims really think in this post.
Jordan: Inside the Minds of Muslims
What do a billion Muslims really think? Naseem Tarawnah from Jordan reveals the findings of a new book.
Kuwait's Double National Day Celebrations
Two national day celebrations were marked in Kuwait last week - one on February 25 and the second on February 26. Kuwait's bloggers were quick to dig into the history of the celebrations.
Jamaica: The Reggae Aesthetic
Jamaican Geoffrey Philp blogs about “art for art's sake and the reggae aesthetic” by examining West Indian writer Roger Mais’ book Brother Man.
Bangladesh: Interview with Amitav Ghosh
black and gray from Bangladesh has an interview with the author Amitav Ghosh.
India: Death of a writer
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.
Uganda: Things I wished I knew…
Things Rebekah wished she knew when she lived in Kampala: “This is something I would have appreciated when I dropped 80,000/= at Aristoc on a novel that took me 12...
