sri lankan writers
Precarious – poems by Aparna Halpe
Samuel My Friend Fisheater, Nosediver, Let’s take a walk Up my back-alley street. Togo to Belgium, New York -Ratmalana We be thighbone striders We be shinbone fleet.
An enriching, yet gut-wrenching debut
I went in with my eyes wide open, knowing the subject would be dark, unaware of the treatment of it by this woman with a dazzling smile who asked me to review it within an hour of meeting her. Growing up in India, some latitudes north of the Sri… Read More »An enriching, yet gut-wrenching debut
Read our latest book! Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera!
A beguiling tale of three women swept up in the turbulence of an island’s history, whose fates are intimately woven together. It is a story of war, migration, love, exile and belonging. This beautifully written novel combines harsh reality, tenderness and astonishing insight. In the aftermath of 1983, a Sinhalese… Read More »Read our latest book! Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera!
Evocative thoughts of Motherland
There must be lots of others like myself, who have no literary pretensions, yet who enjoy and respond to poetry. Not always, in my case, for I have to confess I feel out of my depth with some kinds of modern verse. I have the temerity to try to… Read More »Evocative thoughts of Motherland