Where has all the laughter gone? – By Mitali Chakravarty
There was a time when limericks and humorous poetry made us laugh, when ‘Laughter is the Best Medicine!’ brought tears of merriment to multiple...
The Newsroom Look – By Rey Armenteros
I wish I could put neckties in the wash. It is pointless to talk about it now. On a whim, that was exactly what...
Looking beyond the Raj era literary narratives – By Mitali Chakravarty
A re-appraisal of the colonial era literary constructs is very much the need of the hour in all cultures that endured stereotyping under long...
Elusive Dream – By Joe Bakovsky
Baseball has always been my favorite pastime.I learned the principals of this game when I would visit my grandparents at the innocent age of...
Reneging – By George Angel
A matter of being surprised mid chit-chat. Impasse and contusion. Stopped out to ricochet through the silence. Caught off guard at a stuttered consonant....
Theater Musings – By Gary Beck
Seven million G.I.s returned from World War II and went to college on the G.I. bill, paid for by grateful Uncle Sam. This led...
How the Yugoslav Wars Shaped a Generation of Writers – By Lidija Dimkovska
“What was happening in Croatia and more generally throughout Yugoslavia was discussed at the university, often in connection with soldiers from the Yugoslav National...
The Making of Pharoni – By Colin Dodds
Pharoni is the story of what happens when Harry Injurides returns from the dead. His reappearance and his message send his friends in strange directions....
The Eight Memes of the Postmodern Mystery – By Ted Gioia
What do postmodern writers have against the mystery novel? For reasons that perhaps only a Lacan or Derrida could deconstruct, they have turned to it again...
A Bodhisattva-in-Training Contemplates Kathmandu’s Rude Motorcyclists – By Michael G. Smith
At the end of the row of Tibetan Buddhist monks, the cantor chants a prayer. Clashing Sil Nyan cymbals together, another monk adds an...
