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The
terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York City on 11
September 2001 has changed the way we see this world. These are
some poetic reactions to the tragic events by Paul
Tylor (US), Walter Hölbling (Austria), Martha Cinader (US) and Gabriele Pötscher (Austria).   Mabel Lee (Wild Peony) chaired
a panel of publishers at the Carnivale Literary Festival in the NSW
Writers’ Centre with Raghid Nahhas (Kalimat), Ivor Indyk (HEAT), Veronica Sumegi (Brandl & Schlesinger),
and Gerald Ganglbauer, asking the
question: Multicultural Publishing: How
hard is it to do in Australia? We’d like to continue the discussion, and even expand it in light
of recent events to: Cosmopolitan Living: How hard is it to find peace
in just one world? And on refugees, a related topic, here’s a poem written by East
Timor born Portuguese Australian  M. Lourdes M. Lopes, entitled Chant
Of A Refugee. People talk about releasing books using sheer determination, dole cheques,
scabby jobs, lucky breaks, and lots of love for getting the written
word out there: Publishing My Way, a panel
at the National Young Writers Festival with Anna
Hedigan, Benjamin Sawon, Daniel Watson and Gerald Ganglbauer (This Is Not Art, 2nd - 7th October, Newcastle
2002). Here is an essay Peter McLaren wrote at The University of Tasmania in 2002/2003 on the subject of Asia
as an Other in the Australian Imagery. We think it fits the bill. However, M. Lourdes M. Lopes wrote
a commentary on McLaren’s essay Re:
Asia as an Other. Another aspect of multicultural Australia. To continue this discussion, Gerald Ganglbauer asks: Is Multiculturalism Just
Another Form of Apartheid? An opinion in times of (unwanted) war. Multiculturalism in Australia has many aspects, and this is a commentary Re: Multiculturalism from Marj Busby. She lives in South Australia,
is 79 years of age and (still) a British Citizen.  Sandra Vlay adds another commentary Re: Multiculturalism from an Austrian perspective.  Anant Kumar, a writer in the German
language, was born in the North Eastern Indian State Bihar. He learned
German as a Foreign Language in New Delhi, before he came to Germany
in 1991. The mosques on the banks of
the Ganges is an essay in English translation by Prof. Dr. Rajendra
Prasad Jain (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) who teaches now
in the University of Münster, Germany. Fiona McIlroy is a member of the
ACT Writers Centre and has been published as a co-author of “Warm
Corners” poetry anthology by Ginninderra Press. This story has
resonance for people spanning cultures, and also is inspired by the
recent heart-wrenching events in Asia: Tsunami
Christmas 2004 Australia. You can browse her website www.inspireact.com.au
for more info. Warum gerade in Indien Anschläge schwer zu verhindern sind? Ein Nachruf an das neueste Blutbad in Bombay!!! Mumbai Attack 2008 von Anant Kumar. World ID – no place is home anymore.
An essay about changing, adding or losing national identities, by Gerald Ganglbauer. |