Global Voices Online

Maya of Maya's Corner writes about the murder of writer Georgi Stoev, 35: “In his youth, Stoev was involved in Bulgarian organized crime. […] Later on, he turned his back on mafia and began to write books about it. […] [My husband] usually skips voting, but now every time when Stoev's name is mentioned in the news, says, ‘I will vote next time - and not fot them.' ‘They' are today's rulers who transfered their power to the underground world.”

Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp posts a poem by Guyanese writer Abdhur-Rahman Slade Hopkinson.

Social Science in the Caucasus posts more details, including a video, on Creative Commons and comments on the importance of introducing the licensing concept to the South Caucasus. My Caucasus Knot also weighs in on the significance of promoting Creative Commons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

Signifyin' Guyana is enjoying reading a book about Ebonics, but says: “If I ketch any one of my students writing that way, he or she gon get a straight up F.”

Razeno says [Fa] that according to statistics each Iranian reads 2 minutes per day. The blogger adds unfortunately our culture is an oral culture, in other words we just chant slogans.

Several bloggers wrote about Ferdowsi and reminded us his importance for Persian speaking people and Iranian history.Mohmmad Ali Abtahi says [Fa] Ferdowsi by writing his poems created a link between us and ancient Iran.

Algerian blogger Nouri shares a list with 53 of his favourite books in this post.

Laura Hershberger attends a concert in the capital city of El Salvador in honor of the 33rd anniversary of the death of poet Roque Dalton and she post her favorite poem.