Newland and Habila
Helon Habila and Courttia Newland conclude their e-mail discussion over at the Guardian. Parts 1 and 2 were previously published here and here.
Helon Habila and Courttia Newland conclude their e-mail discussion over at the Guardian. Parts 1 and 2 were previously published here and here.
Story South is hosting a neat contest, called the Million Writers Award for fiction. The competition is for fiction published online during 2003, and anyone can nominate a story. The only requirement is that if you nominate a story, you make a commitment to email fifteen of your friends to tell them about the winning entry. The idea is to showcase fiction that’s published online and to get more people to read these stories. Details available here.
A new calendar featuring Palestinian poets and writers was recently put out by PAWA. Featured poets include Naomi Shihab Nye, Suheir Hammad, Lisa Suhair Majaj, Nathalie Handal, Liana Badr, etc. Contact Mary Harb (HA9501@aol.com) or Ahlam Abed (ahlam1114@hotmail.com) for orders.
Alexander McCall Smith (The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency) is mad at Irvine Welsh. The reason? Welsh is too vulgar for Mr. Smith. He even calls Welsh “a travesty for Scotland.” Smith says he won’t even let his characters use profane language. I guess he must be one of those people who wishes to write about life as he likes to be, rather than how it is.
The January 2004 issue of Mississippi Review is up. Go on over and take a look.
Anthony Swofford will be reading at Powell’s this Friday at 7 pm. You can see other Powell’s events for January here.