Seven ‘bastards’ gang up on the author, savagely beat, stamp and brutalise him. He fights back but eventually gives in, and when they realise the swelling number of lookers-on, they manhandle him to a deserted room and continue to give it to him until the police ‘rescue’ him. In this memoir, the author tries to recreate the events, locales and conversations from his memories of them. Opening with the punch-up, all through to the arrest, police bond and the withdrawal of the charge against him. … [Read more...] about WE’RE ALL POTENTIAL PRISONERS by Thomas Mwakonkha Sakala
Interview with Author – Fazlous Satter
About Fazlous Satter: I am an author, human rights, human security activist, and researcher from Bangladesh, currently working with the Centre for Human Rights, Development & Human Security (CHRDHS) as its founding Executive Director. I am also working as an Independent Research Consultant focusing on human rights, geopolitics, natural resources based conflict, and other human security-related issues. I have two published books. Being a researcher I have numbers of research on human … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Fazlous Satter
Interview with Author – J. A. Hailey
About J. A. Hailey: I WANT TO KEEP EVERYTHING UNDER WRAPS, but I can give a valid reason for my caginess, because while I am able to say that I am most often to be found living in and around NYC, I can state that I count it stupid to give any further details that would reveal my identity and pinpoint my address. I shall explain. When living in Dubai, I got dragged into a shouting match with a mega-bank, which then proceeded to ruin the life I was leading at the time. It was a credit card … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – J. A. Hailey
The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Fiza Pathan
The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Fiza Pathan The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Fiza Pathan is a collection of twenty-one original short stories, each centered on some aspect of the social, cultural, psychological and emotional issues facing the LGBTQIA community in the world today. False prejudice has blighted much of society’s sensitivity to what is necessarily a human rights issue. Ignorance has compounded it. What if you, as a parent or a family member, are faced with this … [Read more...] about The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Fiza Pathan
Interview with Author – Barbara E. Joe
About Barbara E. Joe: Last posting here was made after my first book came out, Triumph & Hope: Golden Years with the Peace Corps in Honduras, which continues to attract readers, even though Peace Corps left Honduras for security reasons. I’m a firm believer in walking the walk, not just writing about it. I still travel annually to Honduras to volunteer with medical brigades and other humanitarian projects (last time, in Feb. 2016), partially supported by sales of that book. I continue … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Barbara E. Joe
