The single binding aspect of all the magazines subsequently mentioned in this issue, and this will seem obvious, but far too many editors ignore it, is that for a publication to succeed it has to have a point. It can’t just come into being because the owner wants to impress his friends. Or because market [...]
Nikipedia has been named official judge of the Global Voices Valentine’s Day poetry contest, but there’s also a separate People’s Choice Award that will be determined on the basis of votes. So if you found any of the poems in the competition particularly appealing, you can cast your vote here by midnight PST (GMT -8) [...]
This has been my most out-of-it Carnival ever. In 2006 CFR was on Carnival, as they say, like white on rice, with a whole series of posts entitled “My Carnival” and Flickr pages updated what seemed like daily with a dizzying selection of photos from the Minshall mas’ camp and any other place I could [...]
“It’s a great privilege to have my papers alongside Seamus Heaney and Br’er Rabbit.” Salman Rushdie on having his papers housed at the Manuscript, Archive and Rare Book library at my alma mater. Technorati Tags: salman rushdie, literature, emory university
Nikipedia just e-mails me announcing the arrival of Caribbean Writing Today: The online literary magazine of the Caribbean, edited by Wayne Brown. There’s a sample issue available free of charge, with work by, among others, Edward Baugh, Mervyn Morris, Olive Senior, Pamela Mordecai, Ramabai Espinet, Anu Lakhan, James Christopher Aboud, B.C. Pires, & Ian McDonald. [...]
Enter the Global Voices Valentine’s Day poetry contest! There are a few rules, but they’re hardly stringent, so “get cracking on that haiku/limerick/ghazal/madrigal/sonnet/ode/gangsta rap/elegy about the wonders/joys/perils of love!” Technorati Tags: global voices, valentine’s day
I’ve resigned myself to the fact that, for me, blogging and travel just don’t mix. I’ve been in Miami since February 6, attending the We Media Miami conference on behalf of Global Voices, but you wouldn’t have known it unless you’ve been stalking me or looking at my Flickr page. And now I’m at the [...]