The special issue of The South Asian Review (2008 Special Topic issue: vol.29.number 1) which Deborah Weagel and Feroza Jussawalla co-edited entitled Perspecitives on South Asian Women's Writing has just been published. Its emphasis is on lesser known South Asian women's writing from across Asia and the Pacific, women such as Chandani Lokuje, Yasmine Goonaratne, Jean Arsanayagam and many others. It includes: an essay by Dr Jussawalla on South Asian Muslim women's writing, which came directly out of a class she taught for the Women's Studies program; an interview with an Indo- Australian writer, Yasmine Goonaratne by Deborah Weagel; a review by one of our grad students, Mariam Durrani; and an essay by one of Dr Jussawalla's UTEP colleagues, Maryse Jayasuriya.
The editors are grateful to David Jones for departmental support and to Deans Brenda Claiborne and Phelipe Gonzalez, and to all the staff in the departmental office, Dee Meier, Ezra Meier and Deanna Montoya who helped us with our various print jobs and other technical support.
The issue will be officially launched at the South Asian Literature Association meeting at the MLA in Philadelphia this December. Dr Jussawalla also extends special thanks to Dr. Verma and his staff for the final edits.
