Open Directory - Arts: Literature: World Literature: Pakistani: Biographical and Critical Notes

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Adam Zameenzad - Novelist Zameenzad's life and books described briefly.
Current Pakistani Fiction - Article by Alamgir Hashmi on contemporary novels and short stories, discussed from the standpoint of theory and Pakistani history, culture, and society.
Dalkey Archive Press: An Interview with Zulfikar Ghose - Author's discussion of his books and Western literature; also comments on life and work in general.
Ilona Yusuf - A short introduction to a young poet and artist.
Khurram Khiraam's Hayat-i-Nau - A brief note about a young bilingual poet and his book.
Moth Smoke - Mohsin Hamid's first novel is reviewed here.
Noon Meem Rashed - The Unorthodox Poet - Record of the birth centenary celebration at The Literature Podium, Ialamabad (theliteraturepodium@gmail.com) of this major Urdu poet -with recitals, papers, and discussion on how to read his poetry in the new century.
On Muhammad Iqbal - A useful note on the poet and philosopher, Iqbal (1877-1938), at The Iqbal Academy, UK, web page.
Partition - Tariq Ali and Ken McMullen have adapted a short story by Saadat Hasan Manto about the partition of the Subcontinent, for a 90-minute film. Intro and stills are given here.
Passion In Lahore - The New York Review of Books reviews Mohsin Hamid's novel Moth Smoke (2000)
Poet, Scholar Hashmi in Iowa - This is a useful and relevant introduction to the work of the major English poet and scholar Professor Alamgir Hashmi, who suggested important principles of cultural coexistene a quarter century ago.
Postcolonial and Postimperial Authors - A list of well-known authors from Pakistan and the Indian Subcontinent. The main site has many useful links.
Shadab Zeest Hashmi - Poetry - The site introduces a young poet and her work.
Shaila Abdullah - The site presents biographical and bibliographical information about Shaila Abdullah, writer and graphic designer.
Shaista Ikramullah - This is a sketch of a woman parliamentarian who also wrote prose works in English and Urdu.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Review of Mohsin Hamid's second novel from the Village Voice
Twilight in Delhi: Indian Resentment of British Rule - A socio-political take on a classic, Ahmed Ali's Twilight in Delhi (1940).
What Is a Ghazal? - The ghazal verse-form is described, as in Urdu and some other languages.
WritersNet: Alamgir Hashmi - Reflection on literary biography and a list of titles by the author, together with criticism about each title, which has reference value.
Zulfikar Ghose Reading in Islamabad - Account of novelist and poet Zulfikar Ghose's recent reading at The Literature Podium, Islamabad (theliteraturepodium@gmail.com), it has fresh critical and biographical information.

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Against National Poetry Month As Such - Poet and critic Charles Bernstein explains why National Poetry Month is bad for poetry.
Aristotle's Poetics - Heavily annotated translation at the Perseus Project's website.
Bad Poetry - An introduction to bad poetry, though not necessarily by bad poets, with texts of various exemplary poems. As selected and annotated by Professor Seamus Cooney.
Callaloo - Journal of African and African-American writing containing original work by and critical studies of black writers worldwide.
Can Poetry Matter? by Dana Gioia - A 1991 essay examining why poetry has vanished as a cultural force in America.
Criticizing the Poetry Slam by John Brady - An article that examines the "free-for-all" atmosphere of performance poetry.
Danny Yee's Book Reviews: Poetry - A collection of poetry reviews. Authors reviewed include Ursula K. Le Guin and Robert Graves.
DiversityBay: Book Reviews - Reviews of gay writing coming out of Australia.
Electronic Book Review - An online literary review.
It Is, As It's Elsewhere - Report by Lynette Abel of a class given by Eli Siegel on the meaning of poetry. In it, he discusses Carl Sandburg's "To a Contemporary Bunkshooter."
Life, love, death, and poetry in the work of Brian Patten - An essay on the work of Brian Patten, one of the Liverpool Poets.
Luminarium - Collection of classical literary criticism on the Internet (1350 to 1660 A.D.)
Metaphysical Reviews - Poetry reviews by New Age author Richard Fuller.
Modern American Poetry - Critical and historical essays and syllabi on modern American poetry. Many of the works relate to poems in the Oxford Anthology of Modern American Poetry.
Online Literary Criticism Collection - The Internet Public Library's database of literary criticism.
Plagiarist.com Poetry Articles - Articles about poets, poems, and poetry in general. Includes book reviews, student guides, and articles on writing poetry.
Poetry Snark - Attacks on contemporary American poets.
Rebels: Painters and Poets of the 1950s - An essay on the "Rebel Poets of the 1950s" by Steven Watson.
The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century - William Lyon Phelps, professor of English at Yale, looks at the change in poetry after the Victorian era, up until about 1918. British, Irish, and American poets are studied in this book.
The Art of English Poetry - Complete text of the work by Edward Bysshe, published 1702.
The Genealogy of Postmodernism - An essay by Albert Gelpi.
The Morning After - An essay on today's poetry and how we feel about, the morning after National Poetry Month. At goodreports.net.
Whose New American Poetry? - Anthologizing in the nineties. An essay by Marjorie Perloff.
berniE-Zine: Rants, Raves & Reviews - Book reviews by Bernadette "bernie" Geyer.

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