Tag Archives: Guardian

Bono on Seamus Heaney

Posted on September 4, 2013 by wcd2

September 4, 2013 He was there at the funeral, of course, with Adam Clayton, and also wrote this short piece in the Guardian: “Every meeting I’ve ever had since I began full-time advocacy, I have brought with me a book … Continue reading →

Posted in African-American literature, African-American music, contemporary poetry, jazz, Music, Race, Rock music, Twentieth century literature | Tagged " Seamus Heaney, Adam Clayton, Bono, Gandhi, Guardian, Invisible Man, James Baldwin, Johnson Sirleaf, Louis Armstrong, Nina Smone, Ralph Ellison | Leave a comment

Gore Vidal (1925-2012): 2006 Letter on the Palestinian nation.

Posted on August 1, 2012 by wcd2

August 1, 2012 Gore Vidal’s passing is marked worldwide by a citational frenzy: all those quips, those acidic one-liners, from the past 86 years. The New York Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times, all have their favorites; the Guardian … Continue reading →

Posted in African-American literature, Afro-Asian alliances, Arabic, collaboration, Comparative literature, Ethnicity, globe, Islam, Letters, Middle East, Newspapers, Nobel Prize, peripheral networks, print medium, Racial violence, Twentieth century literature, World religions | Tagged 2006 Letter from 18 Authors on the Palestinian Nation, Arundhati Roy, Gaza, Gore Vidal, Guardian, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Jessica Hagedorn, LA Times, New York Times, the Nation magazine, Toni Morrison, Washington Post, West Bank | 7 Comments

Hemingway’s Four Wives

Posted on June 27, 2012 by wcd2

June 27, 2012 Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Matha Gellhorn, Mary Welsh — I sometimes think of them as punctuation marks to the writing. And yet a good chunk of world history seems written into these marriages. Hadley was in Paris … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, Caribbean literature, Cities, Cuba, Global South, Latin America, museums, Nobel Prize, Spanish, Twentieth century literature, world literature | Tagged Battle of Ebro, Chinese Revolution, Collier's Magazine, Cuba, Fascists, Finca Vigia, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Guardian, Harley Richardson, Havana, Hemingway, Key West, Martha Gellhorn, Mary Welsh, Paris, Pauline Pfeiffer, Republicans, Siege of Madrid, Spain, Spanish Civil War, The Face of War, The Old Man and the Sea. Evwen MacAskil, World War I | 12 Comments