#Writivism2016: Interview with Judge Richard Ali A Mutu

Writivism had a conversation with Richard Ali A Mutu, a novelist from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, who organized and facilitated the first Writivism workshop in DRC. Ali discussed his love for Kinshasa and its people as well as his choice to write and publish in Lingala, his mother tongue. Valérie: Richard, you’re well known … More #Writivism2016: Interview with Judge Richard Ali A Mutu

“Poetry is when you are at the edge.” Egyptian Poet Iman Mersal reflects on her writing

Iman Mersal is an Egyptian poet. She is the author of five Arabic poetry collection, her most recent Until We Give Up the Idea of Houses (2013). She has been translated into more than a dozen languages, and has one English collection translated by poet Khaled Mattawa, These Are Not Oranges, My Love: Selected Poems, with another … More “Poetry is when you are at the edge.” Egyptian Poet Iman Mersal reflects on her writing

Writivism 2016: Interview with Mamadou Diallo

Mamadou Diallo is a Senegalese writer and founder of RECIDIVE, an editor of Vives-Voix, one-time winner of 2015 Ake Prize for Prose and the Francophone facilitator of Writivism’s workshop on fiction and non-fiction in Dakar. He is on Writivism’s 2016 panel of judges for the Short Story Prize. In this conversation, he speaks about himself … More Writivism 2016: Interview with Mamadou Diallo