Archive for October, 2007

New Image for the Fall

Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2007 by ronsamul

Special thanks to Cynthia Samul for the fall image. These signature images are becoming our covers. Since we are a digital magazine we don’t have the opportunity to bring a glossy cover to your mailbox, but instead, we have special postcards that we will be mailing out.


If you are interesting in recieving a postcard – jump on our mail list by sending your name and address to norlumas@gmail.com -

Translation – Significance and Scope

Posted in Uncategorized on October 2, 2007 by ronsamul

by Shiben Raina – a contributor to Miranda Literary Magazine

The in-depth study of Art of Translation demands more attention not because it paves way for global interaction and offers an excellent opportunity to undergo socio-cultural survey of various languages and their literatures but also gives an opportunity to establish some kind of relevance it has in the study and area of Literary Criticism. Translation Studies can very safely be included as an important genre in the domain of Literary Criticism since translation is an art prompting to peep into the diversified lingual, cultural and literary content of a source language and thus highlighting/appreciating the essence and niceties of the literature of that particular translated language. In the context of Indian Studies, keeping in view the multilingual and pluristic cultural nature of our country,translation has an important role to play. It is through translation that we can look into the rich heritage of India as one integrated unit and feel proud of our cultural legacy. The relevance of translation as multifaceted and a multidimensional activity and its international importance as a socio-cultural bridge between countries has grown over the years. In the present day circumstances when things are fast moving ahead globally,not only countries and societies need to interact with each other closely, but individuals too need to have contact with members of other communities/societies that are spread over different parts of the country/world. In order to cater to these needs translation has become an important activity that satisfies individual, societal and national needs.

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BRIGHT HILL CENTER’s WORD & IMAGE GALLERY TO PRESENT SIXTH ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN JURIED BOOK ARTS EXHIBIT

Posted in Uncategorized on October 1, 2007 by ronsamul

TREADWELL, NY — Bright Hill Center’s Word & Image Gallery announces
the opening reception and exhibit of its 6th North American Juried Book Arts
Exhibit, featuring artists’ books from throughout the United States.
The opening reception will take place on Sunday, October 7, from 3 – 5 pm,
at the gallery; the exhibit, will remain at Bright Hill through October 31.
Gallery hours are Mondays through Thursdays, 10 am – 4 pm, and by
appointment. The Center is located at 94 Church Street, Treadwell, one block
north of Barlow’s General Store, and the reception and exhibit are free and open to the public.
Book artist Karen Hanmer, from Glenview, IL and Bertha Rogers,
Bright Hill Press’s founder, selected Shaker Heights, OH artist Ben Blount’s
“B is for Black: An Abecadarium of Black Culture” and Minneapolis, MN artist
Sara Langworthy’s “Morpho Terrestre” as winners for first place; they each
received $150.


There will be a catalog of the exhibit, available from Bright Hill Press, at a cost of $16 plus tax
where applicable and $4.60 shipping and handling.
Word Thursdays/ Bright Hill Press’s 2007 programs are made
possible, in part, by the York State Council on the Arts, the A.
Lindsay and Olive B.O’Connor Foundation, the Walter B. Rich Charitable
Foundation, the Otis A. Thompson Foundation, the Dewar Foundation, the
A. C. Molinari Foundation, Stewart’s Shops, area businesses, and its
members and friends. The Center is located at 94 Church Street, a block
north of Barlows General Store. For further information and for
information about Bright Hill Press and its programs, contact Bright
Hill Center at 607-829-5055 or email the Center at
wordthur@stny. rr.com.