Elegy
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Heartbreaking
Mar 10, 2010from "Something Nice from London" in An Elegy for Easterly Petina Gappah We wait for the Friday morning flight from London, as I stand with my mother, my brother Jonathan, and his wife, Mukai, and watch through the transparent glass of the observation platform. Our somber faces are out of place,... by momentarytaste.blogspot.com | related posts
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Bernard-Henri Lévy: An Elegy for One of the Greatest French Journalists
Mar 09, 2010What remains of a writer's life? What is worth preserving? At the very end or, even before that, at mid-life, when the end looms into view, what should be kept for the record? Some would say just the texts. Others, the texts, maybe; but also the accompanying material that sheds indirect and decisive light on them; the... by huffingtonpost.com/world | related posts
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In which Lucian Msamati and Chipo Chung read from An Elegy for Easterly
Feb 16, 2010In which Lucian Msamati and Chipo Chung read from An Elegy for EasterlyNow here is the most fantastic news: two of Zimbabwe's finest thespians, Lucian Msamati and Chipo Chung , are going to perform three of the stories from An Elegy for Easterly ! I am really excited about this, in fact, I cannot stop grinning. The stories will be broadcast on the BBC's Radio 4.... by petinagappah.blogspot.com | related posts
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An Elegy for the Pay Phone
Feb 13, 2010An Elegy for the Pay PhoneIn our advanced age, street pay phones are often thought of as grimy relics of a bygone era —something between a public toilet and a closet-sized museum. Still, measured up against touch-screens and T9, they seem incredibly romantic . One pay phone outside of a Queens courthouse still swallows its fair share of... by gothamist.com | related posts
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Gates’ Elegy for Charlie Wilson Offers Policy Statement
Feb 11, 2010Check out what Defense Secretary Robert Gates had to say about the passing of Rep. Charlie Wilson, Gates’ partner during the anti-Soviet Afghanistan jihad. Note how quickly this statement becomes a pledge of administration policy intent: “I had the unforgettable experience of knowing Congressman Wilson... by washingtonindependent.com/category/blog | related posts
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An Elegy for Easterly up for a National Merit Award
Feb 06, 2010Some really great news: Zimbabwe's National Arts Council announced last week that An Elegy for Easterly is in the running for a National Merit Award. I am one of three nominees in the "Outstanding Debut" category ... the others are my good friend Brian Chikwava for his novel "Harare North" and... by petinagappah.blogspot.com | related posts
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Elegy for Howard
Jan 30, 2010(Having Boeing Lobbyist-Mike Lux-writing a remembrance for Howard Zinn on his access blog was just too much. Some kind of retaliation is necessary, so here goes. Comments appreciated.) An Elegy for Howard The gorgeous four part harmonies pour forth from the Democracy Now! live webstream. Howard... by correntewire.com | related posts
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Elegy, for the Poet's Father, Dr. Anthony Signorelli
Jan 31, 2010by Mark Signorelli (Feburary 2010) After your rites of mourning had been fulfilled, My father, and the reluctant fact instilled Of your enduring absence within my heart, I took a volume of yours, and sat apart, To stare at the vacant, petrified remains - The robust thrones of inaccessible brains - From what were men,... by newenglishreview.org/blog.cfm/frm/1952 | related posts
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“Family Elegy in a Late Style of Fire,” a Rumpus Original Poem by...
Jan 28, 2010Family Elegy in a Late Style of Fire After Larry Levis In the story no one will tell, my Great Uncle Salvatore is an errand boy for the mafiosi and how he ends up on the dance floor of Cocoanut Grove in Boston, November, 1942, an hour before the club ignites, is one version of justice. Now Levis... by therumpus.net/river | related posts
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Erin’s Review: An Elegy for Easterly, by Petina Gappah
Jan 15, 2010Erin’s Review: An Elegy for Easterly, by Petina GappahTaken individually as well as when assembled collectively, the short stories that comprise Petina Gappah’s debut collection, An Elegy for Easterly , offer a powerful lament for the Zimbabwe of Gappah’s childhood, a Zimbabwe that has all but disappeared behind the tragedies of totalitarianism,... by bookgeeks.co.uk | related posts
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An Elegy for Easterly – Petina Gappah
Jan 12, 2010An Elegy for Easterly – Petina Gappahcrammed into so little, I also worry that I will muddle all the tales. Petina Gappah’s collection ‘An Elegy for Easterly’ has blown me away, I think it could be one of the best short story works I have read, which is even more impressive given that it is her debut work. Petina Gappah’s debut... by savidgereads.wordpress.com | related posts
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"An Elegy for Easterly" is now available in Finnish, and coming soon in...
Jan 12, 2010An Elegy for Easterly is now available in Finnish, and coming soon in...next year. As you can see from this lovely cover, the magaziney look set by the Dutch version is sweeping Europe. Wait until you see the Swedish version:) More translation news: I have received and accepted an offer for An Elegy for Easterly to be published in Simplified Chinese, or as they say in... by petinagappah.blogspot.com | related posts
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