http://vasugi.com/blog Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:04:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm up over at Campaign for the American Reader. Permalink at Writers Read is here. Thanks to Marshal Zeringue! http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=110 Blogged about Kriti for Sepia Mutiny. Read here. Interviewed a member of University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) about their new report, which focuses on the final two months of the war in Sri Lanka, and in particular, its ramifications for civilians. Listen to SAJA webcast here (follow links). Apologies for technological ... http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=89 The world, it is a different place. Come talk about it. A Discussion on the Diaspora and Political Engagement in the Post-War Era With the military conflict between the Sri Lankan state and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) over, much post-war discussion concerns the future of the country's Tamil citizens. ... http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=88 New stuff on the Articles page (Sepia posts), as well as on the Reviews page (an article by Smriti Daniel, whom I spoke to when I was in Sri Lanka for the Galle Literary Festival). Also: a discussion I moderated at the Asia Society, in New York. Full video is online... ... http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=87 I'm excited to be reading in Iowa this week—at Prairie Lights tonight and at Grinnell College, with Saadi Simawe, on Thursday. Details of the PL reading tonight are below (the previous post) and the Grinnell reading is in the Rosenfield Center, Room 101, at 8 p.m. on Thursday evening. Also, I ... http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=86 I am reading at one of my favorite bookstores in the world tomorrow: the estimable Prairie Lights, where I spent many hours as a graduate student. 7:30 p.m. Awesome! In fact, the state of Iowa is awesome. If you have any doubts about this, look at the photo above. That's ... http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=84 Love Marriage made the Orange Prize longlist! And it's in great company. http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=82 I am. Interestingly, the article describes me as an expatriate. That's not true, although I would be proud if it were—I think immigration takes a special brand of courage. That said, I was born American. And am equally happy with that! http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=81 (The Princess Bride is one of my all-time favorite movies.) Anywho, I saw this recent post from Matt Ruff, which reminded me that I had contributed to Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak: by Writers Famous and Obscure. Book's out... now. I've got to get a copy! You should too ;) (Thanks ... http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=80 Check out a Sepia post here. http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=78 The Asian Review of Books http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=77 India Today Businessworld (India) (scroll down) Pop Matters http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=76 Thanks, Rocky Mountain News! One of my Iowa classmates, Nina Siegal, is also on this list. http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=75 Read some of my reading recs for the year here. Thanks to my Iowa pal Edan Lepucki for asking me to do that! It's a great blog. http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=74 ... includes Love Marriage! See tomorrow's Book World. Online here. (Click on the fiction tab.) http://vasugi.com/blog/?p=73