“A pale ghost in my shadow, a diminutive flake-white elf awkwardly juxtaposed against my gangling form limping through the emerging twilight. That’s the image that stuck to the front of my mind for hours with a song in my head, our first sunset retold in a jazz rhythm” (from ‘Faces’ by Philani Nyoni).
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Book News
New Scholarship for African Writers
MORLAND WRITING SCHOLARSHIP A new grant to benefit African writers has been established by the Morland Writing Scholarship. This is an annual grant which is “open to anyone who has been born in Africa or both of whose parents were born in Africa.” Below are the details of the scholarship, provided by the organizers: Grant The Scholars will…
Book News
Shaleen Kumar Singh’s New Book on R. K. Bhushan
R. K. Bhushan: Poetic Vision and Critical Sensibility- Anthology of Critical Papers and Articles, edited by Shaleen Kumar Singh Some flashes from the book: “Raghukul Bhushan’s voice is very forceful, unique, confident, disturbed and lamenting yet inspiring and optimistic in this chaotic postmodern era where he senses topsy-turvydom of humanitarian values everywhere.” Dr. Tejinder Kaur. “The poet has…
Interviews
Chenjerai Hove interviewed by Moses Magadza
Chenjerai Hove says the practice of branding men ‘fathers of’ certain exploits is dangerous and can contaminate the minds of the world’s men and boys, entrenching patriarchy in the process. Chenjerai Hove, who now lives in exile in Norway and is noted for his deep sensitivity to gender roles, expressed this view in an exclusive and…
Poetry
Michael Caylo-Baradi
Michael Caylo-Baradi lives in California. His poetry has appeared in Eclectica, Metazen, MiPOesias, Otoliths, Our Own Voice, Prick of the Spindle, PopMatters, Pyrta Journal, and elsewhere. He has also written reviews for Galatea Resurrects, Latin American Review of Books (UK), and NewPages. Sometimes he blogs at ii. Read more…
