migrating people, migrating literature

written by Morofilm @ Funktional Schizophrenic on Monday, 13 of October , 2008 at 11:01 pm

This year's program examines the dichotomies of borders and cultures from the writer's perspective. Because lines on the map do not necessarily define lines on the page, this year's program is titled "Migrating People, Migrating Literature." The 2008 program presents four special foreign authors with ...

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The Outsider

written by mindanaw @ ISTAMBAY SA MINDANAO on Monday, 13 of October , 2008 at 4:03 am

Traveling to many communities have brought me to many experiences —mostly encounters of acquiantances. You just don’t get to meet a person or group of people, you get to meet and have a chance to be in touch with their culture, their history, their and their varying experiences. The different-ness and uniqueness result to dialogues ...

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prairie lights reading no.6 & 7

written by Morofilm @ Funktional Schizophrenic on Monday, 13 of October , 2008 at 12:09 am

I haven't posted an entry about our regular reading at the Prairie Lights Bookstore or Shambaugh house for four weeks now. The primary reason: a writer admonished me for my Conradian description when I referred to one continent using an adjective five tones deeper than my sun kissed peau. But I find ...

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