Christos Tsiolkas visited City of Asylum Pittsburgh on April 27, 2010. In this video, Tsiolkas talks about his process constructing characters, writing about sex, The Slap’s reception, and Australian slang.
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On July 27, former City of Asylum writer-in-residence Horacio Castellanos Moya bid Pittsburgh farewell with a reading from Tyrant Memory, his newest novel to be translated into English.
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The arrest of Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener in March this year has put press freedom in Turkey under the international spotlight. CPJ’s Robert Mahoney sent written questions to the reporters in their Istanbul jail. Read their replies.
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Castelllanos Moya is not optimistic about the future of Egypt, or any country under military control. He also expresses his doubts about the effectiveness of popular uprisings and technology’s ability to bring about real democratic change.
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Nepali journalist Deepak Adhikari profiles a family of Bhutanese immigrants who relocated to Pittsburgh in 2008 from a refugee camp in Nepal where they had been living for eighteen years.
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Sampsonia Way follows up with the Odari family to get an update on how it is adjusting to life in Pittsburgh and hear how they feel about the situation in Nepal’s refugee camps now.
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In this report, Reporters Without Borders pays tribute to journalists who manage to continue working while in exile. RSF interviewed journalists, news media and organizations which it has helped and with which it works on a regular basis.
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In this interview Allmond discusses the dynamic of playing trumpet in a 17 piece jazz band, which instrument sounds the most like a human voice, and the amount of rehearsal time needed to prepare for the Jazz/Poetry Concert.
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In this video recorded at City of Asylum Pittsburgh, Tommy Wieringa talks about writing on adolescence, taboo subjects, and reader’s reception of his novel Joe Speedboat.
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Amal Habani is the second journalist to be sent to jail for reporting on the rape of Darfuri activist Safiya Ishaq by Sudanese security forces. This government crackdown on reporters and activists is part of a larger anti-media trend.
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Sampsonia Way's companion guide to City of Asylum’s Exiled Voice of China and Tibet literary event, featuring standout pieces from its three year coverage of exiled and persecuted writers. READ
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