I became curious as to how the experience of reading might change for someone who studied it for a living, and how the lens of a literature student might differ from that of a creative writing one
On 5 March 2024, at the 17th Japan International Manga Awards, a manga portraying the life and struggle of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman received a bronze medaeruml, making it the first Bangladeshi manga to be featured in and to have won such a prestigious award
It was an intimate gathering of book lovers who had come together to listen to and participate in a discussion regarding a variety of topics, starting from her writing process to concepts of death explored in her stories, all stemming from deeply personal events in her life
Speakers talked about the losses and the gains of the meaning of text after having undergone translation, about the responsibility and the power that a translator holds in taking an author’s words and transforming it for a different reader base.
Reading this book was uncomfortable, like a car crash waiting to happen, it was hard to read and even harder to put down.
There will be a total of seven sessions held over the course of February 8, 9, and 10 where various topics will be discussed by participants, ranging from litterateurs, artists, and accomplished literary personalities.
To help save you the effort and to hopefully nudge you a little to submit your work, here are a few magazines around the world accepting international submissions for this year.
There are no clocks inside this house. The walls are quiet, the windows loud.
Backed into a corner, A house pet in the wild,
With nothing left to give, She withered away. From black, then to white And she faded to gray.
Drenched in sweet moonlight yet hidden in part, She sat on an oak tree that lived in the dark.
The idea is presented as though it's the only solution to our problems.
You walk a star-covered path leading you nowhere, You think you’re no closer but you’re nearly there.
Both parents and teachers agree that this is largely affecting a child's growth.
How do these players and athletes fuel their passions and dreams?
For wounded soldiers rarely feel, Of throbbing hearts and broken skin.
A poem by Syeda Erum Noor.
Rituals from when time was young, Filling our daughters’ lungs with sand,