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Karen Mardahl is a Carleton grad who lives in Denmark offered this suggestion on the alumni list:

Words Without Borders, The Online Magazine for International Literature.

It's self described "ultimate aim is to introduce exciting international writing to the general public--travelers, teachers, students, publishers, and a new generation of eclectic readers--by presenting international literature not as a static, elite phenomenon, but a portal through which to explore the world. In the richness of cultural information we present, we hope to help foster a "globalization" of cultural engagement and exchange, one that allows many voices in many languages to prosper."

More information is available online at http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/

In August '04, Words Without Borders' front page offered

CHAPTERS AND VERSE: RELIGIOUS LITERATURE, PART II

This "new testament" of our two-part summer retreat featuring international literature on religious themes begins with Guido Monte's multilingual account of Creation.
Persian poet Abbas Saffari provides a witty, romantic retelling of the Quranic version of the story of Adam and Eve.
Rafi Zabor and translator Angela Jaffray introduce us to Sufi master Ibn 'Arabi and his mind-expanding "Epistle on Cosmic Unification."
MuXin explores the difference between religion and ritual, reverence and reward in "The Moment When Childhood Vanishes."
Adolfo Albertazzi lets loose a mischievous Italian spirit in "The Devil in the Decanter."
Poets from a variety of traditions and languages -- Yiddish, Greek Orthodox, and Nahuatl (Aztec) -- wrestle, plead, worship, doubt, and glory in the divine.
And in an extra-canonical addition to material posted in part one, translator Christi Merrill contributes an essay on Vijay Dan Detha.

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By Ken Wedding. 08.19.02 Updated 08.17.04.

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