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March 11

I’ve been named the Red Room Rising Star this month. I love that site, and not just because they’ve been awfully nice to me. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a site claim to ‘bring together the largest and best group of minds in Field X’ and deliver exactly that, no exaggeration necessary. Amy Tan blogs at RR a few times a month, and Barack Obama just signed on. It’s worth checking out if you haven’t already. It’s very probable that at least one of your favorite authors hangs out there. 

Posted by G. Willow Wilson on 03/11 at 12:45 AM
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Graven Images Press Release

March 07

March 4, 2008 - Boston, MA. As its planners prepare the weekend-long schedule of scholarly presenters, the “Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books & Graphic Novels” conference already has a number of top comic book creators coming to Boston University next month. On Sunday, April 13th, conference attendees will get to take part in a Creator Q&A with Saurav Mohapatra (India Authentic), Steve Ross (Marked!), Archaia Studios Press publisher Mark Smylie (Artesia Besieged), and G. Willow Wilson (Cairo).

The five panelists, representing a wide variety of faiths and works, will join conference co-chair A. David Lewis (The Lone and Level Sands, Some New Kind of Slaughter) in an open discussion of religion, creativity, and the comic book medium. “I’m delighted not only that they’ve all accepted our invitation,” says Lewis, “but that they also represent a wonderful cross-section of spiritualities. They nicely embody the diversity we are eager to explore in the medium with ‘Graven Images.’”

Preceding these panelists, the Center for Cartoon Studies’ co-founder James Sturm (The Golem’s Mighty Swing) will be keynote speaker for the conference on its opening night, Friday, April 11th.

The inaugural conference is enjoying the support of B.U.’s Department of Religion, its Graduate Student Organization (GSO), the New England-Maritimes American Academy of Religion, Caption Box, and the Luce Program in Scripture and Literary Arts. Lewis and fellow co-chair Christine Kraemer expect to release the full conference program in the coming days.

Posted by G. Willow Wilson on 03/07 at 04:50 AM
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Strolling the Islamsphere

November 07

Right: Pakistan under emergency law (this is a charming expression that essentially means codified autocracy; Egypt has been under emergency law for twenty years), Mubarak jailing police officers for torture and then asking that foreign powers (read: the US) not interfere in the politics of the City Victorious, and bombings targeting politicians in Afghanistan. Here’s how the Islamsphere is covering things:

Aziz has a comprehensive roundup on the unfolding situation in Pakistan.

Taking a more literary view, Muse posts an appropriate poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz and laments that she’s chosen to spend the past few months in Cairo and not in Lahore (personally I’m glad, because if she had she’d be in jail right now and we’d have to call in the media calvary).

Ali is setting a land-speed record for typing by writing for Jewcy, his own blog, and new site Pakistanpolitics.net. Simultaneously.

Yahya Birt analyzes the current dialogue about Wahhabism.

This is interesting as well.

Posted by G. Willow Wilson on 11/07 at 07:15 AM
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