boundary 2 is proud and honored to announce that novelist Nuruddin Farah has joined the Editorial Board.
Below, he reads from his novels Maps and Crossbones at last year’s Fall 2013 conference: Legacies of the Future: The Life and Work of Edward Said.
Video coverage of boundary 2‘s Fall conference, featuring Joseph Cleary, Aamir Mufti, Nuruddin Farah, Wlad Godzich, Stathis Gourgouris, RA Judy, QS Tong, Jonathan Arac, Donald Pease, Bruce Robbins and Paul Bové.
boundary2, in association with its Legacies of the Future conference, is privileged to present a reading and discussion led by Nuruddin Farah. Language from his novels Crossbones and Maps.
Only to put a pin in b2‘s Legacies of the Future: The Life and Work of Edward Said, and the question: what is criticism? And: what is ‘its relationship, among other things, to specifically–but not exclusively–literary form and the function of imagination?’ Here, the scope found in Said.
Trace the entirety of the conference here. (The volume is better with earphones.)
There is much to consider; and for those that missed the conference, or for those that would like to review its style and content: footage of the b2 lectures, readings, panels and discussions have been uploaded to the boundary2 youtube page. They will also be featured in a series on boundary.org. Always, we remain in humble engagement, our gratitude for the life, work and word of Edward Said resonating.
Novelist Nuruddin Farah comes to Pittsburgh on November 8th @ 4pm in anticipation of b2’s commemoration and consideration of Edward Said’s Culture and Imperialism. He will read and offer commentary as part of a presentation co-hosted by the University of Pittsburgh’s African Studies Program.