Sampsonia Way’s literary calendar is a comprehensive source for information on events happening around town, including PPTCO’s production of Amy and David Sedaris’s The Book of Liz.
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Q&A with writer and activist Taslima Nasrin, who has lived in exile since the early ’90s. Here, she speaks about women’s rights in relation to Islamic law. Nasrin has faced two fatwas in India and three in her home country, Bangladesh
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In this interview with Sampsonia Way, Syrian poet Maram al-Massri discusses being a female poet in Syria, censorship, freedom of expression, social media, and the Arab Spring.
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Hervé Le Tellier reads an excerpt from his novel Enough About Love, which follows the fortunes of two couples who unexpectedly encounter love at a point long after their lives appear to be settled.
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Gary Shteyngart, who read for City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, became the first American to win the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction for his novel Super Sad True Love Story.
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Sampsonia Way’s caldendar lists events in the Pittsburgh literary scene, including a RECTL Variety Show and a Poetry Slam sponsored by Fleeting Pages bookstore.
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May 28 marks the 50th Anniversary of Amnesty International, a network of activists dedicatd to global human rights. Watch a video marking the historical milestone.
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Thousands gathered in cities around Turkey on May 15 to protest Internet censorship legislation that will require citizens to install filters on their computers and that opponents say is akin to wiretapping.
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In this video, Gary Shteyngart reads an excerpt from his 2010 novel Super Sad True Love Story. Shteyngart visited Sampsonia Way on May 11 of 2011 to give a reading at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.
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In this interview conducted, Gioconda Belli reflects on the legacy of the Sandinista movement, her hopes for Nicaragua, and the state of freedom of expression under Ortega.
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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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