Writing Across Worlds

Writing has always been a means of making crossings and forging connections between different worlds. Some writers have found it hard to reach an international audience, however: for decades the western literary establishment has been all too ready to sideline writers with mixed cultural or migrant backgrounds as 'marginal', 'multicultural' or simply 'other'. Since its foundation in 1984 the literary magazine Wasafiri has focused on the idea of the writer as someone who transports the imagination beyond the maps of narrowly defined borders, and has promoted a range of new and established voices as well as signposting new waves in contemporary literature worldwide. To celebrate Wasafiri's twentieth anniversary, Writing Across Worlds brings together a selection of interviews with major international writers previously featured in the pages of the magazine. Conducted by a wide constituency of distinguished critics, writers and journalists, the interviews offer a unique insight into the views and work of a remarkable array of acclaimed authors. They also chart a slow but certain cultural shift: those once seen as 'other' have not only won many of the establishment's most revered literary prizes but have also become central figures in contemporary literature, writing across and into all our real and imagined worlds. With an introductory comment by Susheila Nasta, editor of Wasafiri, this collection is essential reading for all those interested in contemporary literature. Authors interviewed include: Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Monica Ali, Amit Chaudhuri, David Dabydeen, Bernadine Evaristo, Maggie Gee, Lorna Goodison, Nadine Gordimer, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Wilson Harris, Keri Hulme, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jackie Kay, Jamaica Kincaid, Maxine Hong Kingston, George Lamming, Rohinton Mistry, V.S. Naipaul, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Michael Ondaatje, Caryl Phillips, Joan Riley, Salman Rushdie, Nayantara Sahgal, Sam Selvon, Vikram Seth, Zadie Smith, Wole Soyinka, Moyez Vassanji, Marina Warner. Authors interviewed include: Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Monica Ali, Amit Chaudhuri, David Dabydeen, Bernadine Evaristo, Maggie Gee, Lorna Goodison, Nadine Gordimer, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Wilson Harris

ISBN 0415345677   Pages 384 ISBN13 9780415345675 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 367 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 198 Publication date 23 Jul 2004   Width (mm) 133 Library of Congress PN452.W75   Spine width (mm) 28 DEWEY 809   Academic level Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		Sam Selvon with Susheila Nasta		12
2		Wole Soyinka with Mary David		20
3		Wilson Harris with Fred D'Aguiar		33
4		Lorna Goodison with Denise deCaires Narain		45
5		Chinua Achebe with Chris Searle		58
6		Moyez Vassanji with Susheila Nasta		69
7		Jamaica Kincaid with Gerhard Dilger		80
8		Joan Riley with Aamer Hussein		93
9		V. S. Naipaul with Alastair Niven		102
10		Caryl Phillips with Maya Jaggi		113
11		Salman Rushdie with Alastair Niven		125
12		Nayantara Sahgal with Minoli Salgado		136
13		Vikram Seth with Sudeep Sen		148
14		Kazuo Ishiguro with Maya Jaggi		159
15		Maxine Hong Kingston with Maggie Ann Bowers		171
16		George Lamming with Caryl Phillips		183
17		Rohinton Mistry with Robert Mclay		198
18		Keri Hulme with Rima Alicia Bartlett		207
19		Amit Chaudhuri with Fernando Galvan		216
20		David Dabydeen with Mark Stein		229
21		Jackie Kay with Richard Dyer		237
22		Michael Ondaatje with Maya Jaggi		250
23		Zadie Smith with Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina		266
24		Bernardine Evaristo with Alastair Niven		279
25		Ama Ata Aidoo with Nana Wilson-Tagoe		292
26		Maggie Gee with Maya Jaggi		301
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