Salaam and Greetings of Peace: Alhamdulillah! I have been named the Marketing Director of The Islamic Writers Alliance, whose website you can view by clicking HERE. And I urge all Muslims in the literary arts to join this worthy organization. From the IWA website: The Islamic Writers Alliance is a […]
They say love is blind. They say that for a reason. No one figured out why sensible Cynthia married feckless Reginald, or why the fetching Norma Sue married that no-account loser, Billy Bob - or mix and match as you will. In such matters rational judgment seems to play no part. Sure there […]
w e d n e s d a y, 11:50 pm tonight my co-worker is saying goodbye to his dying grandmother tonight two of our friends severed fledgling ties, and went their own ways; tonight i had a talk with a seventy-nine year old man in […]
Since the 7th century BCE, the Greek isle of Lesbos has been famed as the birthplace of Sappho, perhaps the greatest poet of antiquity, who is noted for her poetry celebrating love between women. In her honor, gay women adopted the label lesbians for their self-identification. I think most of us know that definition of […]
So there was a roundtable on HBO last night hosted by Bob Costas and dealing with sports media. One topic covered was The Blog (duh duh duhhhhh). On the right: Buzz Bissinger, vocal critic of blogs. On the left: Will Leitch, founder and editor of Deadspin, arguably the most influential blog in history. […]
XXIX. lectio tenebris it falls after many effortless words out at mute intervals, I heard it undisputedly drop, pour on, hiss like steam from some half-sealed valve on the heat pipe running through the groovy interstices of walls, under-skin and further installed […]
30 Days hath April and it’s time to party! Posted on April 30, 2008 by ThePearLady Dear NaBloPoMo, Hah! I’ve conquered you once again. We’ve had a whole month of posting with the letters theme. Actually, I have one to boot. Double-score! And, those of you thought I could not do it…*sticks […]
Not Knowing the Part Bubbly fifteen year old girl, your blond hair flowing, your green eyes glowing, your heart never knowing if you can believe what you feel. Please say you didn’t love him. Because if you did he broke your heart. With your every tear I see your […]
Welcome to the May 1, 2008 edition of the carnival against sexual violence. Thank you to everyone who nominated a post or who wrote a post against sexual violence whether it was nominated/selected or not. Nominations that came in after the nomination deadline will be considered for the next edition of the carnival. […]
‘Love, Sex and Marriage’ was the topic for the recent Christian Union conference - and attendance was quadrupled from last year (on the theology of work)! Everyone is interested in sex. Western society has supposedly ‘come of age’ on this issue. We’ve been freed from the tyranny of morals, taboo, and restrictions. Yet we […]
