Category: Interviews

Sasenarine Persaud featured on the BBC

July 21, 2014 at 10:20 AM

Whoa! We’re thrilled to learn that one of our alums, Sasenarine Persaud (Fiction ’06), was featured on the BBC!  Click here to listen to a short reading and interview. In addition, Sase’s poem, “Georgetown,” will be distributed on postcards during the Commonwealth Games. Congratulations, Sase! Sasenarine Persaud is the author of twelve books of fiction […]

By Coordinator | Also posted in Alumni, Poetry Publications | Comments (0)

Qais Akbar Omar interviewed by The Economist

June 14, 2013 at 11:23 AM

Qais Akbar Omar (Fiction, 2015) is interviewed today at The Economist’s Prospero literary blog. From the interview: WHEN the Taliban were forced out of Kabul in 2001, life began once again for Qais Akbar Omar. He helped rebuild the family carpet business, became an interpreter for the United Nations, worked on a Dari-language production of […]

By zakbos | Also posted in Alumni, Memoir Publications | Comments (0)