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Jan 2002

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Moving Worlds, a new bi-annual "Journal of Transcultural Writing" from the University of Leeds (General Editor: Shirley Chew), is refreshingly unusual. The editorial tells us that it is a forum for critical as well as creative work and visual texts. Its central concern is the movement of cultures across national boundaries and "the productive transformations resulting from these crisscrossings". The inaugural issue contains four short stories, eight essays, and the work of nine poets-from countries as different as Australia, Britain, Canada, India, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey. For further details, visit www.movingworlds.net or contact mworlds@english.novell.leeds.ac.uk.
Jouvert: a journal of postcolonial studies is a refereed, multi-disciplinary journal published tri-annually by North Carolina State University on the World Wide Web. The title, the Trinidadian Creole word for the opening morning of Carnival, was chosen to suggest trajectories, as well as the possibilities "of a second-and third-generation postcolonialism addressing the material and discursive realities of the twenty-first century". For details visit: http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/jouvert/index.htm.
The Revised Chandrabhaga continues with new vigour and exploratory zeal. The four issues published so far introduce to us a number of new poets in English as well as in English translation. A few well-known names also appear, but the editor Jayanta Mahapatra has to be congratulated for spotting exciting fresh talents. Chandrabhaga appears twice a year. Single copy Rs 100 (add Rs 35 for outstation cheques). For details contact: Jayanta Mahapatra, Tinkonia Bagicha, Cuttack 753 001, Orissa.
With sadness we report the demise of Indian Review of Books after ten years of vibrant life. Many members of Iaclals were involved with this journal: either as reviewers, or as authors of books reviewed in it, or as participants in the controversies raised in/by it. Catering to a wide range of readers, this journal from Chennai filled a real gap between academic reviews and breezy journalistic comments on books usually found in newsmagazines. We are thankful to Subashree Krishnaswamy and her team for keeping it alive for so long despite financial difficulties.
The more scholarly review journal from Delhi The Book Review fortunately continues to prosper. The journal is currently celebrating its 25th year by publishing a number of bumper issues and organizing small literary events in different metros. The current issue focuses on South Asia and the next one will be a World Book Fair Special. The journal also runs a book club. For further details contact the editors Chandra Chari (cchari@subcontinent.com) / Uma Iyengar (uiyengar@hotmail.com) at: Post Box No 5247, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021 or at thebookreview@hotmail.com.
Civil Lines: New Writing from India. The first issue appeared seven years ago, and the readers were warned not to expect it regularly. But now, numbers 4 and 5 have appeared in the same calendar year, surprising everyone. What is more, the editorial promises two issues every year from now on. It always provides excellent reading material: fiction and non-fiction prose, but no literary criticism and no poetry. In a disarming declaration the editors tell us that the subtitle is not to be taken too seriously -- what is published may be neither 'new' nor 'Indian'. "Civil Lines will publish good writing by desis, ... it will publish anyone whose work has something to do with our part of the world ... and (just to make things really precise) it will publish anything the editors like." Single issue Rs 250, pages 200. Address: Civil Lines, D-28 Oxford Apartments, 11, I P Extension, Delhi 110 092.


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