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Why Tanzanian Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah is hardly known back home.

Why Tanzanian Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah ...

Why Tanzanian Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah is hardly known back home. (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59178826)   I have not written a post in a while, but I couldn’t let this one pass without...

Why Tanzanian Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah ...

Why Tanzanian Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah is hardly known back home. (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59178826)   I have not written a post in a while, but I couldn’t let this one pass without...

A writing programme for the rest of us: Week 1—Learning to ride a bicycle

A writing programme for the rest of us: Week 1—...

The Rationale For those who are new to this Left and Right Brain voodoo, one of the key discoveries of new research on the brain is the dual nature of...

A writing programme for the rest of us: Week 1—...

The Rationale For those who are new to this Left and Right Brain voodoo, one of the key discoveries of new research on the brain is the dual nature of...

Silverfish writing programme for the rest of us:

Silverfish writing programme for the rest of us:

Week 1—THE RIGHT BRAIN Introduction I started this programme in 2006 and ran it once or twice a year (depending on demand) until two years ago, just before Covid-19 struck....

Silverfish writing programme for the rest of us:

Week 1—THE RIGHT BRAIN Introduction I started this programme in 2006 and ran it once or twice a year (depending on demand) until two years ago, just before Covid-19 struck....

The Salleh ben Joned (1941–2020) I knew

The Salleh ben Joned (1941–2020) I knew

(This post is dedicated to Anna Salleh.) The photo of him was taken during a reading by a group of poets from Singapore in Oct 1999. (See the slideshow and...

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The Salleh ben Joned (1941–2020) I knew

(This post is dedicated to Anna Salleh.) The photo of him was taken during a reading by a group of poets from Singapore in Oct 1999. (See the slideshow and...

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WHO OWNS OUR CULTURE

WHO OWNS OUR CULTURE

Stories are the bricks and mortar with which societies and nations are built. But in Malaysia, most people seem to have forgotten our stories, our roots, having surrendered our culture...

WHO OWNS OUR CULTURE

Stories are the bricks and mortar with which societies and nations are built. But in Malaysia, most people seem to have forgotten our stories, our roots, having surrendered our culture...

MALAYSIAN WRITING SENSATION

MALAYSIAN WRITING SENSATION

Author: Shih-Li Kow Shih-Li Kow is a Malaysian writing sensation who came to light with her first book of short stories, Ripples and other stories, in 2009, which was immediately shortlisted...

MALAYSIAN WRITING SENSATION

Author: Shih-Li Kow Shih-Li Kow is a Malaysian writing sensation who came to light with her first book of short stories, Ripples and other stories, in 2009, which was immediately shortlisted...