Stories about Literature from July, 2008
Venezuela: Bloggers Pay Tribute to Eugenio Montejo
Venezuelan bloggers pay tribute to Eugenio Montejo, one of the country's greatest poets, who won the national prize of literature and the international prize Octavio Paz. One blogger even recounts meeting Montejo and being introduced to him by his father who said, "son, meet one of the greatest poets of this country, Eugenio Montejo."
Poland: Stanisław Lem
Polandian writes about Stanisław Lem.
Afghanistan: Descent into Chaos
Barnett R. Rubin reviews a new book by Ahmed Rashid, the Pakistani author of Taliban, taking up the story of Afghanistan, its region, and the U.S.
