Join us for our Second Saturdays Reading Series on Sunday, Jan 21 at 7-9 pm. Featuring Bernice Chauly reading and in conversation with Salil Tripathi.
Private home in Harlem. RSVP Jee at [email protected] for address.
Hey everyone, I am glad to share that I have reached a settlement with the British Museum! Thank you so, so much for your support throughout this.
Here's my update on the matter:
https://t.co/iE2yTmkMfP
It’s throwback Thursday – did you miss your episode with @mulutmata? @GylesB1 and @AphraBrandreth journey of discovery leads them to South East Asia where they delve into the vibrant world of Malaysian poetry: https://t.co/LgKlScN6IK
Simona Kossak (1943-2007) Polish biologist, ecologist, author, PhD in forestry, and uncompromising conservation activist
They called her a witch because she chatted with animals and owned a crow, who stole gold and attacked bicycle riders.
She spent more than 30 years in a wooden hut in the Białowieża Forest, without electricity or access to running water. A lynx slept in her bed, and a tamed boar lived under the same roof with her. She was a scientist, ecologist, and the author of award-winning films, as well as radio broadcasts. She was also an activist who fought for the protection of Europe’s oldest forest. Simona believed that one ought to live simply, and close to nature. Among animals, she found that which she never found with humans.
Photo Lech Wilczek.
A great Irish poet and singer left us today.
She was beautiful, courageous and wore her heart on her sleeve. She was before her time.
Nothing will ever compare to Sinéad O’Connor.
Rest easy Sinéad.
Justice for Sisters reflects on the 1975 incident at the recent #GoodVibesfestival. We are in solidarity with the organizers & vendors. We criticize the state's excessive response & Suhakam for defending the state's response #campurLGBT
Our poet of the week is Salleh Ben Joned, a prominent Malaysian writer, an outspoken intellectual, and a boundary-breaking literary rebel. Listen to @GylesB1, @AphraBrandreth, and special guest @mulutmata explore Joned’s poem ‘A Hymn to my Sarong’: https://t.co/1bIQkcYJGS
Incredible video. Afghan dad jokingly says school is only for boys. Watch his remarkable daughter - who can’t be more than 5 or 6 years old - respond with these arguments.
Afghan girls have been denied access to schools and universities. This little girl's courage represents the collective voice of countless Afghan girls who yearn for equal educational opportunities.
As an advocate for girls' education the father's teasing is simply to highlight an important message: that the Taliban - another backward regime - are harming the people of his country.
It’s time the world is done with them.
Ditto the “Islamic” Republic in Iran #regime
‘Papa, I repeat the names of common Malayan butterflies, from the book that used to be on the long white shelf, in our house in Taiping, where my memories begin’. Listen to @mulutmata recite her poem ‘Sometimes’ on the latest episode of the @CWPoetryPodcast
‘It was unforgettable. It was terrifying, shocking, elegant, radical and beautiful.’
@maxjohnporter on the process behind the publication of The Vegetarian, our July Book of the Month.
#BookerBOTM
https://t.co/9B5ZjZgZeB
JEJAKA condemns the recent seizure of the Swatch Pride Collection in Malaysia and calls for the promotion of diversity and acceptance. Read our official statement here:
First British tourists of the summer season are here. Middle aged couple with a caravan that had a UKIP sticker in the window. Assumed I spoke English, asked for directions, I replied in French. The woman tutted, rolled her eyes and said,
"They don't even try to speak English"