Stories about Literature from February, 2009
Africa: The Best African Poetry 2009
What shoud be the Best African Poetry 2009? You can submit five different poems that appeared in print between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008. Black Looks has all the details.
Slovenia: Lawsuit Against Writer Goran Vojnović
Sleeping With Pengovsky writes about the lawsuit filed by the Slovenian police against writer Goran Vojnović for a novel he has written: “But the problem arises when the only organisation which can legally use force against a citizen starts using these powers to curb freedom of speech, thought and artistic...
Jamaica: View from Mount Diablo
“Two facts to bear in mind: I am white and I am 80 years old. the first precludes me from using Emancipation or any other black triumph as a poetic epiphany; the second allows me to focus, more or less, on an 80 year span of Jamaican history to which...
Azerbaijan: Breaking Taboos
Nigar [RU] announces the publication of a controversial new book in Azerbaijan. Artush and Zaur: A Legend of Love tells the story of an Armenian and Azerbaijani against the backdrop of the emerging conflict over Nagorno Karabakh. Ромовый дневник [RU] links to a comment made on an Azerbaijani forum, now...
Barbados: Cuba to Fund Library Restoration?
Barbados Free Press says: “It boggles the mind that the Barbados Government would be looking to Cuba for possible funding in restoring the Barbados Public Library.”
Bahamas: Day of Absence
“Until we invest and believe in our art, and until we respect our artists, our country will never even be”: Nicolette Bethel calls “for a Day of Absence in honour of all cultural workers in The Bahamas and around the world.”
