This is on short notice,
yes. The Lincoln corner is organising a roundtable with
Barbara Ismail (the author of Shadow Play) on Saturday, November 9,
at the Lincoln corner at the Kuala Lumpur Library (Jalan
Raja/Dataran Merdeka) at 10:00 am – 11:00 am. She will be discussing
the influences on her writing work, her passion, and her time in
Kelantan. She would also like to get a feel for Malaysian writing
and publishing while she's here. Please email Gerard George of
the Lincoln Center: GeorgeG2@state.gov if you are interested
to attend. We believe that places are limited.About this author
Barbara Ismail spent several years in Kelantan, Malaysia in the 1970s and '80s, living in Kampong Dusun and Pengkalan Chepa, studying Wayang Siam and the Kelantanese dialect. She holds a Ph.D in Anthropology from Yale University, and is originally from Brooklyn, New York. Shadow Play is the first in Barbara Ismail's series of "Kain Songket Mysteries" based in Kelantan.
