ISBN: 9781869144128 Revisiting Our Words, Our Worlds: Writing on Black South African Women Poets, 2000 – 2018 edited by Makhosazana Xaba (GoodReads) I cannot myself To come to this country, my body must assemble itself into photographs and signatures. Among them they will search for me. I must leave behind all uncertainties. I cannot myself … Continue reading South African Womxn Writers – Day 2: Makhosazana Xaba – Writing on Black South African Women Poets, 2000 – 2018
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New Year’s Resolution: #NameTheTranslator
According to the UN, “Every two weeks a language disappears taking with it an entire cultural and intellectual heritage.” Humanity is facing a linguistic diversity crisis even as it faces the biodiversity crisis. How can we help? For starters, we can #NameTheTranslator. Books authored in English circle the globe now, making it harder for authors … Continue reading New Year’s Resolution: #NameTheTranslator
A month of South African womxn writers – Day 1: Meet Jen Thorpe, this month’s editor
Hello! I'm Jen Thorpe, a South African novelist and feminist non-fiction writer. My First Time: Stories of Sex and Sexuality from Women Like You: GoodReads.The Peculiars: GoodReads.Feminism Is ISBN: 9780795708275. GoodReads.Living While Feminist ISBN: 9780795709418. GoodReads.The Fall ISBN: 9780795709579. GoodReads.The Peculiars and My First Time are currently out of print, but The Peculiars can be … Continue reading A month of South African womxn writers – Day 1: Meet Jen Thorpe, this month’s editor
South Asian Literature in Translation: Wrap-up, One Last Book, and An Invitation
Summing up the month of South Asian Literature in Translation with two calls to action and one invitation. Also: Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu by Dhumketu; translated from Gujarati into English by Jenny Bhatt
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Every Color of Light
A joyous, gentle picture book for readers 4-8, Every Color of Light paints a paean to the colors of nature and the natural world. While it’s a quiet book in the traditional sense, its pages are filled with noise and motion, from whipping wind and thundering rain to flickering stars. Nature’s poetry springs alive on … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Every Color of Light
South Asian Literature in Translation: Andal: The Autobiography of a Goddess
Andal: The Autobiography of a Goddess by Andal; translated from Tamil into English by Priya Sarukkai Chabria and Ravi Shankar
Reflecting on 2020 at GLLI
We came across so many riveting reads here at Global Literature in Libraries Initiative during 2020, we hope people spending more time at home enabled more of these great books to be discovered. It was a joy to share them! Committee chair Dr. Annette Y. Goldsmith led our ace jury of experts in choosing our … Continue reading Reflecting on 2020 at GLLI
South Asian Literature in Translation: Shameless
Shameless by Taslima Nasrin; translated from Bengali into English by Arunava Sinha
South Asian Literature in Translation: The Play of Dolls
The Play of Dolls by Kunwar Narain; co-translated from Hindi into English by John Vater and Apurva Narain
South Asian Literature in Translation: Heat
Heat by Poomani; translated from Tamil into English by N Kalyan Raman
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