Al-Qatawiyyin Library
Check out this fascinating talk about restoring the oldest library in the world, the ancient al-Qarawiyyin library
http://ideas.ted.com/restoring-the-worlds-oldest-library/
#storyasoldastime #nothingreplacesabook
The brilliance of writing poetry on napkins
Brazilian poet Pedro Gabriel has always had his head in the clouds, simmering with ideas in a mix of words that, by a twist of fate, led him to stardom, as his books sold more than 200,000 copies. In a country where the habit of reading is not as strong and being published is something extremely difficult, this is praiseworthy.
“I never thought that it would become my source of income. Nowadays I can say that I live from my poetry and illustration, but three years ago that was unthinkable”, says the 32-year-old author.
Irish issue in Kennebec Journal
Check out an awesome write up by the Kennebec Journal about our latest Irish issue!!
“Everywhere you go, it seems, there are people with a soft spot in their hearts for Irish literature. It’s a special-interest group, in a way, with a sort of heightened intensity of feeling about family or historical ties to the Old Country, or for the curiosities of the Irish Gaelic language, or sometimes just an affinity for W.B. Yeats or Seamus Heaney.
Here in Maine, I knew a press technician who was teaching himself Gaelic. Hugh Curran, a longtime Surry resident and poet who was born in Ireland, sends frequent email alerts about Irish poetry and culture. And Steve Luttrell, of Portland, also has these roots, and he traveled to Ireland last month to kick off the spring issue of his long-running Cafe Review magazine because it contains a healthy slam of poetry straight from contemporary Ireland.
The selections are diverse in subject matter, and relatively uniform in tone and tenor. From the 34 contributing poets, there are many angles on the Irish landscape (including several images from the cliffs of Moher) and on the relationship of language to both personal and sometimes political (a perennial Irish preoccupation) realities. And there are color reproductions of woodcuts by Nonie O’Neill and, in an inevitable nod to history, of oil paintings of Yeats, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Brendan Behan by Liam O’Neill.”….. Click below to read more
http://www.centralmaine.com/2016/06/09/off-radar-cafe-review/
OVER THE EDGE in Galway Ireland
Check out this great little write up about our very own Steve Luttrell’s reading from our latest Irish issue that’s happening in Galway on May 13 at the The Kitchen @ The Museum, Spanish Arch, Galway! Stop by and say hi if you are around!
http://www.overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.ie/2016/05/may-over-edge-writers-gathering-with.html