


| Welcome to the first issue of 2011. The seventeen writers in this issue introduce us to a wealth of material from different parts of the world. Enjoy great poetry by R.S. Carlson (USA), Louie Crew (USA), Nana Fredua-Agyeman (Ghana), Amy Huffman (USA), Liang Yujing (China), Myke Mware (Zimbabwe), Clinton Inman (UK/USA)...; fiction by Miriam Shumba, Kudzai S. Ndanga, and NoViolet Bulawayo (all from Zimbabwe),Patrick Ochieng Ochieng (Kenya), and Joanne Hillhouse (Antigua). We have an interview of Bapsi Sidhwa (Pakistan) by Sunil Sharma (India), and book reviews by Memory Chirere and Masimba Musodza (both from Zimbabwe). We are working on the November/December issue, which is scheduled to be out by November 15. |