Unadulterated love and dizzying passion are the puppet masters that wind their fingers around the heartstrings of the characters that people the fives stories in Lasana Sekou’s newly published Love Songs Make You Cry – Second Edition. This love and passion
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (July 17, 2014)—There are Caribbean people who would call Tabish Khair “a bold man,” “that bold-faceted fellow,” for daring to write How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position, his newest novel. Some of us might agree
Nous vous avions proposé de découvrir Pierre Soumarey en Janvier 2014 sur SXMINFO pour le lancement de son premier ouvrage intitulé “L’homme face à sa finalité “. L’oeuvre intitulée “l’homme face à sa finalité, contribution à une réflexion générale sur
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (July 7, 2014)—Though only launched here in June, “Love Songs Make You Cry – Second Edition by Lasana M. Sekou has already been studied in the Caribbean literature course at CIELS university in Italy. “The students enjoyed the class and
Un rendez-vous cher à tous ceux qui aiment échanger et s’enrichir : les cafés philos. Pour leur reprise, les Cafés Philos changent d’espace et seront accueillis dans le cadre magique du restaurant “Le Marrakesh”. Le rendez-vous est posé pour le
A last minute change in the program brought the issues of Reparations and the continuing struggle of West Papua for its independence from Indonesia to the forefront of the Presidents’ Forum at the 12th Annual St. Martin Book Fair, Saturday,
Toujours dur de commencer ce genre de lettre, s’adressant à toi, toi qui n’es plus là’, Papa . “Papa”,un mot qui a tant d’importance et qui me paraît tellement “étranger” à la fois.17 fêtes des pères sous forme de prières.
Saturday, June 7 – Free admission University of St. Martin (USM), Philipsburg 9 am – 10:30 am II – “On imprisonment and injustice based on my grandfather’s life” – A Creative Writing Workshop, Rm 103 Using the Kubota wartime poems from his strongest poetry
SIMPSON BAY, St. Martin (June 1, 2014)—The book of short stories, Love Songs Make You Cry – Second Edition by Lasana M. Sekou, will be launched at the Opening Ceremony of the St. Martin Book Fair on Thursday, June 5, at 8
« Je suis arrivée en France à vingt et un ans, et c’est le maire de Paris et les siens qui m’ont accueillie, moi la petite boat people, un véritable rêve éveillé ! Comment aurais-je pu imaginer un tel destin
Dans le cadre de son atelier d’écriture encadré par Mme Lynda LETAN, les jeunes du chantier d’insertion sociale de l’Association ACED ont eu le plaisir d’étudier des nouvelles de l’auteur Steve GADET tirées de deux recueils intitulés “Sous le soleil de
Wednesday, June 4 – 7 PM – 8 PM A Pre-Book Fair Program @ Mr. K Cigar Lounge, Sucker Garden Road Economic opportunities for small island territories and states; survivability of small island states and territories in the Caribbean; life after debt, and
GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 13, 2014)—Can it get more sophisticated, “international,” or symbolic of a “launch” than this? The Opening Ceremony of the 12th annual St. Martin Book Fair will take place at the Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) on
GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 4, 2014)—The St. Martin Book Fair, with its classic literary teaser theme of “Crime&Punishment,” is geared for its 12th annual edition on June 5 -7, 2014, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP).
The St. Martin Book Fair was founded in 2003, by Shujah Alex Reiph, president of Conscious Lyrics Foundation and co-founded by Lasana M. Sekou, projects director of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP). Inspired by the HNP Creative Writing Program (CWP), in which Reiph
Paris, 16 avril – Une exposition pour marquer le cinquantenaire de Mafalda, célèbre personnage rebelle et pacifiste né de la plume du dessinateur argentin Quino, des ateliers pour s’initier à la réalisation de mangas ou à l’écriture littéraire et des
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (April 1, 2014)—St. Martin author Lasana M. Sekou was the keynote speaker at the first conference of the Virgin Islands Writers Association (VIWA) held in St. Croix on Monday, March 31, 2014, said VIWA principal Valerie Combie. “One
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (March 11, 2014)—This year the English Literature course at the University of Trieste, Italy, is focusing on “Caribbean Short Stories: Language, Politics, Family, Myths,” said Dr. Michela A. Calderaro, professor of English at the Department of
GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (March 6, 2014)—Do you know how many St. Martin women have written books? This could be a great quiz question for International Women’s Day (IWD); and the number of authors might surprise you given the young
February saw one of the highest use in recent years of St. Martin books by school children, young people and adults, said Morenika Charles Arrindell, public relations officer at (PJL). The island-wide Black History Celebration and the February book exhibit at
“Hard Hair: St. Martin Women and the Culture of Natural Hair” is a panel discussion set for International Women’s Day, March 8, at 7:30 PM, at Philipsburg Jubilee Library, said organizer Rochelle Ward. The lifestyle discussion of natural hair stories
The winner of the Casa de las Américas Literary Award for Caribbean Literature (2014) is Fear of a Black Nation – Race, Sex, and Security in Sixties Montreal by David Austin from Jamaica. The winning book was announced by the St. Martin
Saint-Martin vient de s’enrichir d’un nouvel écrivain en la personne de Monsieur SOUMAREY Pierre, qui appartient en quelque sorte à son patrimoine culturel, pour avoir vécu 15 années sur l’île, en qualité d’auditeur puis de dirigeant d’entreprise. En effet, l’événement
Conscious Lyrics Foundation invites you to the 27th annual Dr Martin Luther King Jr Lecture.
The American revolutionary writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism, died on January 9, 2014, at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, where he was hospitalized last December. He was 79. At House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP) the passing
