Serenity International

04/25/2023

"Kurdish writer İlhan Sami Çomak was originally arrested in 1994 as a 22-year-old geography student at the University of Istanbul. He was charged with starting a forest fire and of being associated with the banned Kurdistan Workers’ party, charges he denied and to which he confessed only under torture."

I have a need for levity for balloons that quiver and expand, that take from me the heavy burden of life; of time. Like the line of the register, I need lightness like the resilience of fruit pips,…

09/05/2022

哥倫比亞大學出版失蹤維吾爾作家小說Backstreets

Darren Byler, a Uyghur scholar, joined The World's host Carol Hills from Vancouver to discuss the book, "The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang."

08/30/2022

https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2022/08/30/translation-tuesday-three-poems-by-yen-ai-lin/?fbclid=IwAR1hcAx0T8LsflOZzGmAGUBtgjGWbgb7qWcMZY-kf93xmkiIkVE5Vn2ZdnU -30024

I throw my shadow into the water / I live in a strange high-rise across the river

06/23/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/magazine/inside-the-push-to-diversify-the-book-business.html?referringSource=articleShare

For generations, America’s major publishers focused almost entirely on white readers. Now a new cadre of executives like Lisa Lucas is trying to open up the industry.

04/17/2022

"Today, virtually the entire publishing industry is rooting for Barnes & Noble — including most independent booksellers. Its unique role in the book ecosystem, where it helps readers discover new titles and publishers stay invested in physical stores, makes it an essential anchor in a world upended by online sales and a much larger player: Amazon."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/arts/barnes-noble-bookstores.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR1oMhU_qbynq-tGaGv8QnLraPIxFolQVpzb2Flv9B8SP567_w9qsKltako

To independent booksellers, the enormous chain was once a threat. Now it’s vital to their survival. And it’s doing well.

02/11/2022

https://www.cbc.ca/books/25-books-by-black-canadian-authors-to-read-1.5908504
25 books by Black Canadian authors to read

01/26/2022

Q***R ~~

Listen to the New Books Network interview with Professor Howard Chiang (UC Davis) on the collection Q***R TAIWANESE LITERATURE https://newbooksnetwork.com/queer-taiwanese-literature-a-reader
For more information on the book, see https://www.cambriapress.com/QueerTaiwaneseLiterature

This book is part of the Cambria Literature from Taiwan Series, headed by Professor Nikky Lin (國立臺灣師範大學 National Taiwan Normal University), in collaboration with the 國立臺灣文學館 National Museum of Taiwan Literature and National Taiwan Normal University. See more titles at https://www.cambriapress.com/taiwanlitbooks.cfm

12/27/2021

There are not more authors of colors getting published, although more authors of colors won literature awards.

Despite welcome diversification, literary culture is also becoming more tied to elite educational institutions, and more difficult to enter.

12/11/2021

https://www.booksie.com/621101-something-extraordinary-by-marylou-scavarda?fbclid=IwAR0VyyNDrSkmnOFfJbFULxTNGGAX_2ZCiBUQsomxdxRqJw5Byb5b_ZngTDI

The difficult time with a dying parent could be transformed into poetic power. Photo in courtesy of Nine KopferSomething Extraordinary (o that it were ordinary) happened to us as you were dying. We couldn’t yet say the words aloud, .... Read the poem free on Booksie.

10/07/2021

This makes my day~

10/05/2021

吳明益與石岱崙

10/04/2021

Yeh Shih-Tao's handwriting.
(Photo provide by Cheng Joun-Ming)

09/11/2021

09/02/2021

"When Gary Goodman wandered into a run-down, used-book shop that was going out of business in East St. Paul in 1982, he had no idea the visit would change his life. "
https://bookshop.org/books/the-last-bookseller-a-life-in-the-rare-book-trade/9781517912574?_se=d2p6LmZvcmVzdEBnbWFpbC5jb20%3D&aid=58&listref=what-we-re-reading-now-ccfe09e7-d2d6-4ced-a4f1-c1aa410078b7

A wry, unvarnished chronicle of a career in the rare book trade during its last Golden Age When Gary Goodman wandered into a run-down, used-book shop that was going out of business in East St. Paul in 1982, he had no idea the visit would change his life. He walked in as a psychiatric counselor and w...

08/30/2021

"The woman drowns herself
in querulous everyday voyages
of epic survivals."

Jose Varghese is the author of Silver Painted Gandhi and Other Poems, and his second collection of poems will be published in 2021 (Black Spring Press Group). He was a finalist in LISP and Beverly Prize, a runner-up in Salt Prize, and was commended in Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Prize. H...

08/03/2021

A study of the design for National Flag

#廢文
　
「整理內容」是編輯非常重要的工作之一。為了讓大家清楚了解壓線球國旗圖的發展狀況與圖例關係，有效預測客戶的各種需求，本編秉持職業與研究精神，半夜不睡覺潛心研究，終於完成這張演化圖初稿。作品各有訴求、各自精彩，希望對以後想要研究這個議題的研究生（？）有所幫助。
　
根據圖表顯示，在元祖版發布之後，大概出現了四種變體，分別是：
　
：加上Taiwan字樣特化文字資訊為主
#台灣落點強化版：將壓線判定圓點改為台灣圖樣
#螢幕還原版：忠實呈現壓線判定螢幕畫面
#象桮加持版：結合台灣民間信仰特色與選手美姿
　
各版本在第二代之後進入交叉搭配、多元發展的樣貌，也有加強「in」的套色設計或其他字體形式的改換（粗細、手寫體）。整體而言，大概是輕一點、柔一點，換這個看看，更台一點的摸索茂盛期。
　
另外附贈特典，自帶OUT離場的副作用，請大家沒事不要學習。
　
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因為部份圖源不明，以及款式很多重複，我只列出圖況比較好的，以及能查找到的作者們。想要登錄演化圖的大大們歡迎提供您的大名，感謝你們。
　
#黃豆泥 （話題元祖版）
　（Taiwan特化版）
地圖製造 MakeWorld.tw
下港菩龍宮 （象桮加持版）
Black 27th （Taiwan特化版二代．改）

08/02/2021

這幾日奧運多個項目決賽，不管是昨天球后戴資穎與中國好手陳雨菲，史詩般的來回糾纏；或日前羽球男雙「麟洋配」王齊麟、李洋直落二，打出最後一球讓人感動不已的底線「in」；桌球男單「小林同學」林昀儒在對手喧叫壓....

08/02/2021

It takes great efforts to have a journal of special emphases.
Enjoy reading Naked Skin Lit Mag.
https://nativeskinonline.com/poetry-1

War's Orphan By Natascha Graham Those Women By Fabiyas M V Two Poems By Kathya Alexander On The Verge of Dying and Living By Ariyo Ahmad Life and Other Poems By Randall Rogers On Exploring Poems By S. Rupsha Mitra Platinum City By Yuan Hongri Makeshift Borders By Sophia N. Ashley Night Bird By Jose....

08/01/2021

08/01/2021

https://nativeskinonline.com/poetry-1/psychological-warfare?fbclid=IwAR02d1eWvsY4yb6U6dM8UCZAwNxDl8IBnD9K7Sjdz4jnDWIlp2hmoRKRYRo

Psychological Warfare:  Put Down Your Weapon and Relocate心戰喊話—放下裝備，遷村吧BySalizan TakisvilainanTranslated byC.J. Anderson-Wu Outside of the tribal communityA broadcast is heard:Dear fellows, you are already surrounded by landslides, stop resisting in vain.Put down your weapo...

07/18/2021

https://www.booksie.com/656129-review-17-books-recommended-by-filip-noubel

17 books read and recommended by by Filip Noubel in the first half of 2021.... Read the book review free on Booksie.

06/13/2021

Lovely

The 105th class of Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism, books, drama and music were announced Friday

06/03/2021

https://www.booksie.com/653304-miss-otis-regrets-by-george-szirtes

How can the time between day and night be represented more poetically? Photo by Mohamed Riffath.... Read the poem free on Booksie.

04/19/2021

Interview of author Faisu Mukunana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF2sfkEUBHw

懷想年輕記憶裡的"阿里山"，一直是鄒族女性作家伐依絲‧牟固那那提筆寫作的最大動力。特別是有感於時代變化，早年鄒族傳統生活樣貌，日漸不復以往。因此伐依絲決定，透過書寫，將家族歷史延續下去。抱著對祖先的虧欠....