By Gabe Meline Nayomi Munaweera’s family fled war-torn Sri Lanka when she was just three—first to Nigeria, and then, in 1984, to Los Angeles. But the civil war between the Sinhalese and Tamils stayed with her, and serves as the backdrop for her excellent debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors. Narrated by two different characters, Saraswathie and Yasodhara (one ...
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L.P. Hartley once famously said that “(t)he past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” One could say the same of childhood. It is in some ways a ‘foreign country’ which, once our entry permits have expired, few adults find easy to re-enter—not because its portals are guarded by Bahirawayas (gate-keepers) who forbid entry but because ...
Professor Kirpal Singh of Singapore Management University and Professor M.A. Quayum of International Islamic University Malaysia will coedit a new collection of Asian short stories. New and previously unpublished short stories are invited from writers of Asian origin/background or those writing about Asian life, culture and experience. Submissions should be sent to asianshortstories@gmail.com by 15 July 2014. The edited volume is ...
“Everything is Fair on a Leaking Boat” A boatload of nameless refugees are fleeing their devastated homeland, heading for an unknown destination. As a storm looms ahead of them they run into one obstacle after another, the navy, a boatful of rebels and a leaking petrol tank. In the meantime a stowaway is discovered, a man from a rival ethnic ...
Aparna Halpé holds a doctorate in English Literature from the University of Toronto and is Professor of English at Centennial College, Toronto. Aparna’s poetry has been published in various journals including Channels, the Journal of the English Writer’s Cooperative, Sri Lanka, and Postcolonial Text. Her scholarly work has been published in South Asian Diaspora (Routledge), Moving Worlds (Leeds) and ...
Monday, January 13, 2014 (All day) Features Nayomi Munaweera (Author) Shortlisted for this year’s DSC Prize writer Nayomi Munaweera shares her thoughts on what the anticipation feels like till the jury unveils the winner on January 18. Q: What does winning the DSC Prize mean to you? A: It’s a tremendous honor to be short-listed for this award with a debut ...
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