This Week in Jerusalem: International Writers Festival
For those of us who can’t be in Israel for the third International Writers Festival this week, here are a few next-best resources:
Hamas Shuts Down Palestine Festival of Literature: Where’s the Outrage?
On Wednesday, Palestinian “security officers” in Gaza broke up the closing event of the Palestine Festival of Literature. It must have been quite a scene. (You have to figure that when the Palestinian Center for Human Rights denounces Hamas–without actually naming Hamas, of course–something not-so-nice really did happen.)
So, where’s the outrage that one might ordinarily expect, especially from the media/literary folks?
For that matter–where’s the coverage? (more…)
Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat
It’s time for the weekly batch of Internet finds of Jewish literary interest.
Shabbat shalom.
Friday Find: The Wigleaf Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions
I’m setting aside time this weekend to take a closer look at the The Wigleaf Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions, as selected by Dan Chaon. It seems to be a most appropriate task as we approach the middle of Short Story Month!
I hope you all enjoy the weekend. See you back here on Monday.