Minal: Why are we born girls?
Read more1931-2008 Poet Ahmed Faraz passed away today after a month of struggling with coma. Faraz Chacha, you will be remembered with love and respect. # # #
Read moreMany shifts are taking place in the subcontinent. In Pakistan, now that Mush is gone, Zardari has said that he will run for President at the 6 September elections....
Read morefrom You’ll Be Forgotten, As If You Never Were By Mahmoud Darwish / translated by Fady Joudah I am for the road … There are those whose footsteps walk upon...
Read moreArt in Houston – this is the short piece that I presented at Houston Center for Photography’s Lens Libs: Today I am remembering the sunny morning when William Pope.L began...
Read morehe performs his poem. when he is finished, he smiles and takes a deep bow. his electric words, his energy, and his appearance in sharp black pants and snazzy...
Read moreYears ago, while still a grad student, I remember driving through New Orleans and thinking that this is a city where things happen and people move. And then, things...
Read moreindependent bookstores rock. as do independent publishers. to name a few: bookwoman, bookpeople, brazos bookstore, liberty books.
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