The International Writer's Magazine: Our 26th Year - Summer Issue 2010 Archive - Welcome

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Opinion: Politics & Issues

Lifestyles: Ways of living

Phantom Elephants, Rhino’s & Coca Cola: The Elusive Wildness Kody Thompson “I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself” wrote D.H. Lawrence. Likewise, I met people who didn’t feel sorry for themselves yet suffered The Man with Bullets in his Socks by Tom Coote A man grabbed my arm, flashing his ID as he pulled me into an alley. My Fabulous Expatriate Life Amanda Callendrier Oooooh, you're an expatriate. That must be so exciting! Ski Chalet Winter Zoe Saker-Norrish I couldn’t ski, I couldn’t bake, and I most certainly couldn’t cook- so when we were hired to run a chalet in the French Alps for the winter season, I was more than a tad apprehensive. Shadows of Spread Wings Michael Chacko Daniels A Wait in Little Polk Glutch Gender Equality & African Women Odimegwu Onwumere Respect and Rights cause division Protecting Marine Resources in Asia by Jules Kay The Asia Pacific is an important region for marine resources, home to over half of the world’s underwater species.

American Carnival Don Bagley Is there anything more amusing than watching the decline of an empire? You can’t help but cheer for the Earth opening up and masonry crumbling into the abyss. Spain Vacations as turmoil grows by James Skinner A re-examination of Spain's situation in the world’s fight against the international financial crisis. A Television Anniversary James Morford The other night on television I saw results of Arabs killing Israelis and Israelis killing Arabs. I was surprised to learn I’d been watching this for over half a century now. Lebron James Plays Basketball James Campion By all accounts among many of the sporting, national and celebrity press, LeBron James is the most famous man on planet earth Camping, Dinosaurs and Earplugs by James L Carey I’ve been camping many, many times.  Probably the going rate for a child of middle-class suburban Midwestern parents to whom the smell of burning wood is quite the novelty.

Da Grin: Made Popular by Death Odimegwu Onwumere The first time to hear that a young man called Olaitan Olaonipekun, popularly known as Da Grin was living was when he died... It's Nearly All Over Dean Borok I’ll feel relieved when the current tournament ends. My sensibilities have been bleached white and tattered by the ongoing theater of human emotions Salvage Andrew Peake Keep it out of consciousness, if you can, the grey noise. Along with the jagged mutterings of strangers tugging at your sleeve Safety in the Skies Nicky Millman In June 2007, I embarked upon a summer school entitled, “Aviation Psychology summer school” which was based at the University of Graz Letter from Krakow John M Edwards I thought the pale sky above Wawel Castle looked a little sick. The factories pumping out smoke had turned the clouds the color of colostomy bags. My Conversation with the LSAT Katharine Mackel Section 1:Logical Reasoning Time-35 minutes - 25 Questions

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Dreamscapes

REVIEWS Film & Books

Tree Hut Chris Castle The brothers Mulligan had built the house and lost it to them in a game of strip poker Ramani Joseph Kaval Only a handful of people attended the funeral though the dead person was known to everybody there. He had expected at least a few familiar faces. There were none. The Witch’s Kiss Richard Melkonian Light crept in – she had been dreaming. Her eyeballs looked: cream coloured walls, bare as they were and the clock. Instant coffee, the 7.43 to Baker Street, it was Thursday morning.

Caught by the river Abigail George - an except from a memoir My life was like a river in which debris of different kinds were caught up. The Last Green Bottle Oluwatobi Odetola Aaarrggghhh! I moaned as I leaned forwards on the wooden chair to ease my sore back. The Cruise Martin Green Hank Mancuso and his wife Catherine were getting ready to go to dinner on the first night of their Alaskan cruise A Vow of Silence John Alexander/Jeremy Michaels A novel fitting for our times and   a world of red states & blue states; east & west; liberalism & fundamentalism; peace & jihad; life & death; mortality & immortality.

Witch Breed by Alan Gibbons Sam Hawksmoor review Part 4 of Hell's Underground 'a terrifying exciting exposé of England's inglorious past' Apathy for the Devil by Nick Kent Jordan Drury review his commitment to narration is utterly compelling, with convincing yarns concerning his hand in the creation of the Sex Pistols The Thief-Taker’s Apprentice by Stephen Deas Gollancz (19 Aug 2010) Clare Sager review Stephen Deas’ The Thief-Taker’s Apprentice is a difficult book to review: on the one hand, I finished and even enjoyed it, but on the other hand, it was a frustrating read at times.  Didactic Science through Art Andres Botero The Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957); his artistic production can be understood as being a giant classroom for all the public in which science played a fundamental role A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Walt Bertelsen Burning the Ugliness: It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see

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