Category Archives: World Writers
The Empty Center and the International Style – Part 2
This is Part 2 of a talk I gave in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the Asian Studies Development Programs’ 9th Annual National Conference in 2003. It deals with the efforts of “Third World” writers to develop a “national culture.” READ PART … Continue reading
The Empty Center and the International Style – Part 1
The following was a talk given in 2003, in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the 9th Annual National Conference of the Asian Studies Development Program, an initiative of the East-West Center, Univesity of Hawai’i, Manoa. READ PART 2. The “empty center” refers … Continue reading
Notes on Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Many years later, as I write about Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I remember that distant afternoon when I faced the man from whom I stole my first ideas about teaching writing. Perhaps Marquez would find it amusing that in writing about … Continue reading