Brenda Cárdenas reading outside of House Poem on Sampsonia Way, Photo © Renee Rosensteel The first week of July, poet Brenda Cárdenas visited Sampsonia Way to give a reading with Francisco Aragón. The event was sponsored …
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Photo ©: Than Htay Maung Since she was 19-years-old, Khet Mar has been persecuted by the Burmese government. She has been arrested, tortured, incarcerated, and threatened, but she has remained a warrior without guns. She fights …
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Carl Phillips on Sampsonia Way Photo by Renee Rosensteel In his poem “Aubade: Some Peaches, After Storm,” Carl Phillips writes “how your hands clear/ easily the wreckage; how you stand–like a building for a time condemned,/ …
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Born in Delhi, India, in 1971, Akhil Sharma immigrated to the U.S. when he was 8. He is the author of one novel, An Obedient Father, for which he won a PEN/Hemingway Award and a Whiting …
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Translated by George Myo Zaw Mya Khin Lunn, photo courtesy of the author. In 1996, poet Khin Lun and a group of Burmese writers collaborated with activists in Thailand to publish a newsletter critical of the …
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On April 27, novelist Christos Tsiolkas visited Sampsonia Way to give a reading with Sofi Oksanen and Tommy Wieringa. The event was sponsored by City of Aslyum/Pittsburgh in partnership with PEN/America. While he was here, Tsiolkas sat down …
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In 1996 poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady founded Cave Canem as a retreat for black poets. Since then, the organization has grown in size and reputation. It is now a renowned and influential institution with …
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Photo by Renee Rosensteel On April 27, novelist Sofi Oksanen visited Sampsonia Way to give a reading with Christos Tsiolkas and Tommy Wieringa. The event was sponsored by City of Asylum/Pittsburgh in partnership with PEN/America. While …
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“If your mind is the size of the cage, you come back to the cage.” Photo by Renee Rosensteel On April 27, novelist Tommy Wieringa visited Sampsonia Way to give a reading with Sofi Oksanen and …
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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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