Bina Shah writes about her recent trip to China and about the perils and uncertainties of having your work translated in a restrictive environment.
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Rupa Marya, singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Rupa & the April Fishes, talks to Sampsonia Way about non-English music in the United States, her work on the U.S.-Mexico border, and her dual life as a musician/doctor.
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Blogger Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo reveals how the devastation wrought on Cuba by Hurricane Sandy brought together Cuban citizens on both sides of the political spectrum.
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Cuban blogger Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo reveals the devastation wrought on Cuba by Hurricane Sandy and shares the overwhelming support of Cuban citizens to those affected.
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This week: Green Party candidate Jill Stein on censorship in US elections, the arrest of Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, China censors Twitter ahead of Communist Party congress, Bahrain revokes citizenships, and new gag law limits press freedom in Costa Rica.
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Sampsonia Way presents an excerpt from Indian author Vijay Nair’s latest novel Let Her Rest Now which was published in June by Hachette India. Nair is currently a visiting writer at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.
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How does terminal illness change a writer’s style? Horacio Castellanos Moya looks at Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas and his Viaje a La Habana which Arenas wrote while dying of AIDS.
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Horacio Castellanos Moya profiles Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas and ponders how much impending death affects a writer’s style.
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Liao Yiwu, recent winner of the Friedenspreis prize in Germany, has received worldwide recognition for his writing; however, in China he is derided as a loser.
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In this week’s Night Watch, writer Israel Centeno examines the importance of discourse on the modernization of the Latin American states.
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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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