Abdulrazak Gurnah Q & A
At Deutsche Welle Annabelle Steffes-Halmer has a Q & A with Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah on exile and literature.
Among his observations:
When it came to writing, I didn't really think about what language I wanted to write in. I kind of understood and knew that I had an intimate connection and relationship with the way I used English that I didn't quite have in writing Swahili. People who are writing in Swahili do things with a language that I don't know how to do.
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I’ve been taking 5000iu of D3 daily for more years than I can remember, and on Glenn’s advice, a double dose during the winter months. So far, no COVID, despite my determination to catch the damn thing and get it over it.
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Why am I not surprised? Because I used to be a medical editor, and the reporting on this has been some of the worst I have ever seen. You will be seeing more stories like this. Of course, the petty tyrants in government loved it.
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Well, that’s because words are used by adults.
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The Guardian UK: “…
- 18 Reuse all plastic bags – even bread bags. Much of the packaging you can’t reuse can be taken to larger branches of supermarkets for recycling.
- 25 Look closely.
- 31 Ask questions, and listen to the answers.
- 46 Read a poem every day. Keep a compendium, such as A Poem for Every Day of the Year, by your bed.
- 83 Join a local litter-picking group.
- 95 Set up an affordable standing order to a charity…
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