Archive for category: Writing

chimamanda adichie on the maid in the dsk trial

chimamanda adichie on the maid in the dsk trial

0 / December 27, 2011 6:16 pm

chimamanda adichie has a wonderful piece in newsweek, reposted in the daily beast, that asks whether the jury would have believed dominique strauss-kahn or his alleged victim, guinean immigrant nafissatou diallo. On television, she was familiar: the skin tone that [...]

With Love from my Toto*

0 / September 26, 2011 2:14 pm

by Aloofar

Jacqueline Maduneme’s Ada’s Daughter – A review

Jacqueline Maduneme’s Ada’s Daughter – A review

0 / June 27, 2011 11:32 pm

Author – Jacqueline Maduneme Publisher/ Date – Pointed Arrows (May 2011) Book Title – Ada’s Daughter (356 pages) Genre – Memoir (Dysfunctional Families) Reviewer – Myne Whitman Source – Review Copy from Author   The memoir is a difficult literary [...]

alligator legs: my writing rules

alligator legs: my writing rules

0 / May 10, 2011 2:37 am

the guardian asked zadie smith, one of a handful of contemporary writers, to comment on her rules for writing. since i found zadie’s list to be depressing, pessimistic, and utterly without joy, i wrote my own.  keep in mind that i am [...]

The Secret Charm of Lola Shoneyin

The Secret Charm of Lola Shoneyin

0 / March 13, 2011 8:12 am

Temie Giwa My life is littered with great books. I tend to remember the important events of my life with the books I was reading at the time. The summer vacation from college when I switched my major from corporate [...]