Shailja Blog: November 01, 2009

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	Be a part of Migritude's journey. No contribution is too small - or too large. $2 buys coffee for a volunteer. $15 rents a rehearsal studio for an hour. $100 covers 2 hours of lighting / tech / set design. $500 helps fly Shailja to international festivals!! You can also make a tax-deductible donation by check. Please email shailja@shailja.com for details.		my blog Friday, November 06, 2009 Stockholm Poetry Festival A nice write-up of the main show on the website of literary journal 00tal. Read it here. posted by shailja at 1:17 AM 0 comments links to this post Leading Conversations My one-hour interview with Cheryl Esposito on VoiceAmerica's Leading Conversations airs today. You can listen here at 10am Pacific Standard Time, or download the podcast. Includes two poems :-) posted by shailja at 1:12 AM 0 comments links to this post Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Tweets Immigration equals neuroplastic shock, according to Norman Doidge, neuroscientist author of the bestselling The Brain That Changes Itself. It's endless brutal workout for the adult brain, requires massive rewiring of cortex. That explains a lot about us multiple migrants.... Tom Cholmondeley and Maina Njenga released on the same day. Anyone else find that a deeply ironic comment on power and justice in Kenya? The real cost of our laptops - slave labour, mass rape, Grand Theft Congo The task of an activist is not to navigate oppressive systems with personal integrity; it is to dismantle those systems. -Lierre Keith. Generated lots of heated commentary on Facebook! New Barbara Kingsolver novel out November 3rd. Belly flutters of anticipation.... posted by shailja at 4:08 AM 0 comments links to this post Previous Posts Lit and Independence in Kenya Passion for Words and Justice Berlin Stockholm Poetry Festival Leading Conversations Tweets I'm back! 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