There was a rare literary event at the University of Peradeniyaabout four years ago. Dubbed ‘SLAM 2010’, it consisted of writers reading from published, to-be-published and perhaps ‘unpublishable’ work and a couple of panel discussions, one on ‘post-war literature’ and one on the publishing industry. Vihanga Perera, poet, novelist, academic and event-organizer, quipped that the proceedings would have given me ...
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