Archives of December , 2005
Pacific literature is young. It does not carry with it eons of a written literary tradition. In fact Pacific societies have no traditional written script for their languages, except as hieroglyphs and in forms or oral literature. As part of the unholy trinity of commerce,
The present state of global tension locks in rights of movement between borders into increasingly smaller versions of a nation states. The definition of a nation-state being a moot point let us place, Australia, as an exemplary one, for the purpose of this discussion, where borders
It is clear that only without constraint of oppression or guidance, the writers, whatever be their social position, will then be able to maximize their creativeness to contribute to this collective painting of the society they live in.
Sadly, in several dictatorial countries such
This is the second part of a series of interviews about science and poetry in which I make further surprising discoveries.
http://ahappening.typepad.com/qarrtsiluni/2005/12/bodylanguage_an.html
Link here: http://ahappening.typepad.com/qarrtsiluni/2005/11/oranges_and_rus.html
ARCHIVES of December , 2005
- Fiji- An overview of current developments re: Pacific Writing Forum/Niu Waves and new writing.
- Who goes there? Strangers, borders and fear.
- Freedom of Speech – A Perspective of Literature in Vietnam
- Body/Language: An Interview with Shen and Jonathan Wonham
- Oranges and Rust: An Interview with Jeannine Hall Gailey and Jill Chan
- Oranges and Rust: An Interview with Jeannine Hall Gailey and Jill Chan
- Free Writers of China and Sacred Fire of Liberty Website
- 将中国的苦难转化为人类的精神价值
- Turn the Misery of China into Spiritual Values of Mankind
- BEYOND BORDERS / WHOSE VOICES ARE HEARD? / ISAGANI R. CRUZ
- BEYOND BORDERS / PERSPECTIVES / ISAGANI R. CRUZ
- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE REGIONS BEYOND