June 1st, 2009

Artist Gabriela Golder from Argentina has taken it upon herself to discover, record and collect lullabies from all over the world, and to find connections among them in the Arrorró project. Rising Voices director David Sasaki wrote about the project on the 80+1 website, where he interviewed Gabriela on camera, and got authors and editors for Global Voices involved by inspiring many to record themselves singing the lullabies they remembered from their childhood.
May 25th, 2009
May 18th, 2009
St. Lucian-born Derek Walcott is truly a West Indian man. He has been embraced by literature lovers of countless other regional territories who identify with his writing and see the nuances of the Caribbean come alive in his work. Which was why his Nobel Prize win for Literature in 1992 seemed like a regional victory - and why his withdrawal from the tight race for the coveted position of Oxford Professor of Poetry has left a bad taste in many bloggers' mouths.
May 4th, 2009
Caribbean, USA: Tributes to the "King of Pop"
- Hi Geoffrey,
Thanks for letting me know - your original post was a bit ambiguous, but I've e...
- Janine, I know the post gives the impression that Deepak wrote the poem, but it belongs to moi....
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