Nov 18, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Jose Luis Borges was an Argentine poet, short-story writer, and essayist. His tales and poems have come to be regarded as classics of 20th Century world literature. In 1961, he gained international fame when he was awarded the Prix Formentor, the International...
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Nov 10, 2017 | General, Non-Fiction |
Last month, I attended a music concert featuring mostly classical and orchestra music. Before the concert commenced, I looked through the program I was handed at the door. It contained details you would normally expect to see in a program of events: names of the...
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Nov 4, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
E. B. White was a celebrated American writer. He contributed to the New Yorker magazine, writing musings, poems and sketches with admirable wit and humor. He also co-authored “The Elements of Style,” with William Strunk, Jr., which has become an...
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Oct 24, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Opinion, Personal |
“I hate plantains!” said nobody ever. Have you met anyone who absolutely hated plantains or plantain chips? I haven’t. In all my life, I have never ever heard anyone declare that he or she hates plantains. Instead, plantains get a lot of...
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Oct 19, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Opinion |
Spraying money is a standard, popular tradition at Nigerian parties. That includes weddings, birthday parties, etc. Wherever there’s a live band or DJ or someone’s phone playlist supplying good music, Nigerians will rise to their feet and hit the dance floor....
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Oct 14, 2017 | Non-Fiction |
Infant Botulism, a type of food poisoning that affects babies, was the last thing I expected to discover when I started reading about babies and honey. It all started a few months ago … I was looking at a bottle of honey and noticed a peculiar warning written on...
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Oct 7, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Opinion |
Children’s names are important for many reasons. For starters, a child’s name is the primary means that people – family and non-family members alike – will use to refer to that child. Honey, Baby, Darling, Sweetie and other terms of...
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Sep 30, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Eugene Ionesco was an acclaimed playwright who wrote mostly in French. Born in 1912 to a Romanian father and a French mother, Ionesco’s plays or “anti-plays” explored life’s mysteries and meaninglessness. In recognition of his work, he was...
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Sep 23, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Michael Chabon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburg, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and Wonder Boys, which was made into a movie (2000), starring Michael Douglas. On...
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Sep 16, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Isaac Bashevis Singer (Icek Hersz Zynger in Polish) was a Jewish writer born in Poland who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978. He wrote and published only in Yiddish. His writing has been described as a “unique blend of religious morality and...
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Hello, there! My name is Sharon and I am a Nigerian Fiction Writer, Taker of Pictures and Lover of Humor. Feel free to look around or say hello. I don't bite. Usually. :-) Thanks for stopping by.
