In all literatures, two streams are very common: written and oral. A nation or a race having a...
Literature of the Indigenous Mahale – Haroonuzzaman
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Non Fiction
Bihari and Rohingya diaspora of Bangladesh – Mojaffor Hossain
Mojaffor Hossain is a notable fiction writer of contemporary Bangla literature. In this article, he explores diasporic literature of Bihari and Rohingya literature in Bangladesh.
Names and Bodies: Tales from Across the Sea – Dagmawi Yimer
Director Yimer presented the James K. Binder lecture entitled “Names and Bodies: Tales from the Other Side of the Sea” at UC San Diego, on May 6, 2015.
The Myth of American Nationhood – Nadia Benjelloun
From Tangier, Morocco, Nadia Benjelloun is a poet, essayist, and novelist. She graduated from the University of New England with a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies in May 2021 and has a forthcoming novel.
Icarus, Icarus – David Capps
One can only ever learn from myth by living it, which means that the myth of Icarus presents a double mystery: the first is that Icarus, unlike Lucifer, does not survive his fall, and second is that poetic treatments of the subject are already hopelessly distanced from it
The Song of the Painter, Fikret Mualla – Nazli Karabiyikoglu
When restlessness is triggered by an internal glance at the self and the hours of stillness are...
Crossing the Wake – Elizabeth Wadsworth Ellis
Language is a usage-tool, not a parlor game I play by myself. Words flow unimpeded when I’m walking down the street by myself, fluent when there’s no one to pressure me or challenge me to conjure the right word without consequence.
Dalit Durdasha: Stories Narrating Plight of the Dalits – Anagha Kamble/Bhushan Arekar
Dalit Durdasha was a column of short stories published in the Janata[i] newspaper written by...
Dalit writing, global contexts: Re-examining the legacy of Lal Singh Dil, Punjab’s “Poet of the Revolution” – Yogesh Maitreya
Yogesh Maitreya is a poet, translator and founder of Panther’s Paw Publication, an anti-caste publishing house. Here he reexamines Lal Singh Dil’s poetry that does not construct any imaginary utopia but speaks of experiences and ideals.
Celebrating Dalit Souls, Art and Literature – A Panel Discussion
The Antonym decided to delve deeper into Dalit Souls, Art and Literature over May and June and put together a panel comprising. Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi, Dr. Jayashree Kamble, Angelo Geter, and Prashant Ingole for a stimulating, fierce, and straight from the heart discussion.