Asim Mohamed Al Saidi of Oman begins the panel by stating that he writes to expand the mind as exercise does the body and to make the world a better place. He then attempts to answer the question of why he writes by considering different...
Kristien Hemmerechts, of Belgium, describes the difficulty of describing and identifying Belgian literature. First, she states that there are three official languages in Belgium; Dutch, French and German. She observes that it is unclear whether...
One of 18 scrapbooks on Wood's career, containing letters, postcards, photographs, clippings, and miscellany; compiled by Nan Wood Graham, sister of Grant Wood.
Four 30 minute interviews between each individual writer and Peter Nazareth. Abubakar Gimba discusses the novel as a form to reconstruct history and affect social change. Adyeeri Mugarra describes his novel Cherished Dreams as a document of the...
Faith Adielé reads excerpts from her memoir entitled Meeting Faith: the Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun. Adielé, a woman of both Scandinavian and Nigerian descent, discusses her time spent growing up on her grandparent's farm in...