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Reflections on Writing Short Stories
A paper by M Y Alam on identity politics within the short story. The paper takes a look at what lies behind the production of short stories, from both a writer’s and an academic standpoint. To support this, he offers an insight to ‘Getting laced’, his first short story, written as homework for English class at school.
The paper was presented at the 11th International Conference on the Short Story in English, Toronto June 2010.
Ann Wright Palestine Journal
Ann Wright is in Jerusalem, where she was sent by the Quaker Peace and Social Witness (QPSW) to participate in the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). She is writing a journal of what she witnesses and these are posted here.
Mourning Charlie Gillett
Former Route DJ and music writer Pedro ‘DJ Mestizo’ González mourns the passing of Charlie Gillett, a great populariser of the music of the world across Anglo-Saxon dominated airwaves.
Always Returning – John Siddique
John Siddique on how fiction merged with fact can re-create and allow love to exist where previously he had been told there hadn’t been any.
The Sheer Strangeness of Human Behaviour – Ray French
Ray French on the difficulties in writing about his father and daughter for Four Fathers.
Model Thinking – Naked City
A trio of the models featured in Naked City talk about what motivated them to get involved with the project and what they got out of the experience.