ragtime

Ragtime is Norway's only English language cultural magazine. The image of the "immigrant" in Norway rarely evokes an appreciation of the rich cultural resources an international community brings. Among the foreigners living in Norway are talented artists and intellectuals of all kinds - authors, poets, painters, people with serious contributions to make to the hot debate issues within Norwegian and global society. Since its founding in 1992, Ragtime has provided a forum where the artists of the multicultural community may speak their piece and share their work and activities.

Ragtime publishes fiction and poetry, debate articles, reviews of books, theater and art exhibitions. And interviews: Ragtime's contributors have interviewed: two Nobel Prize winners, Toni Morrison and Rigoberta Menchu, a Booker Prize winner, Arundhati Roy, as well as the Israeli author and social commentator, Amoz Oz, to name just a few.

Funded by the Flernasjonal Kulturforening ("Multinational Culture Association"), its editor, Avanti Flatabø, is from India. The other editorial board members are from Ireland, USA, England and Norway. In the next issue, due to come out in mid-June, you'll find an interview with the Haruki Murakami, the Japanese author of the novel, Norwegian Wood. There's also an article on the lessons we learn in childhood, one on the art of Roar Schiebler, another on Turkish folklore. Plus more - including fiction written by AWC member, Susan Schwartz Senstad. The magazine is available at all Norwegian libraries and may be purchased at these Oslo bookstores: Norli at Universitetsg. 20-24, Tronsmo at Kr. Augusts g. 19, and Akademika at the University of Oslo at Blindern.