In this interview, poet Cornelius Eady discusses the motivation behind founding Cave Canem, the contempt of institutionalized racism, and the political hi-jacking of our collective narratives.
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In this interview conducted by poet Roman Antopolsky, translator Eliot Weinberger questions that the oft-quoted statistic that in the United States books in translation make up approximately 3 percent of the literary marketplace.
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A poem from Lighthead, Hayes’s fourth collection and winner of the 2010 National Book Award in poetry. This innovative collection presents a light-headed mind trying to pull against gravity and time.
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Originally published in Flemish in 1947, My Little War is a fictionalized account of Louis Paul Boon’s experiences during World War II. This is the first English translation of My Little War.
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In this interview South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin talks about the importance of everyday love, why we need to find our Moms again, and the way that her book blends collective and personal histories. In May 2011, Shin gave a reading at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.
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In this interview conducted at City of Asylum Pittsburgh, Canadian writer and filmmaker David Bezmozgis discusses his latest novel, The Free World, the immigrant tale of three generations of Russian Jews who flee Soviet Latvia and head for Rome.
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Excerpt from Le Tellier’s Enough About Love, a thought-provoking, sophisticated, and, above all, amusing novel that captures the euphoria of desire through tender and unflinching portraits of husbands, wives, and lovers.
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Video editing and production by Glen Wood Yusef Komunyakaa’s richly sonorous poetry is forged over hundreds of painstaking revision as the poet compresses his language down what is most essential. In these lines from “The Whistle,” …
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Read an excerpt from The Free World, David Bezmozgis’s debut novel, a heartfelt multigenerational saga of great historical scope set in Rome. In May 2011, Bezmozgis visited City of Asylum Pittsburgh for a PEN World Voices event.
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In part two of this interview, novelist Jean Kwok tells us about her writing, her experience being a Chinese American, and her writing plans for the future. Kwok is the author of Girl in Translation.
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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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