En esta conversación con Harry Almela, el poeta venezolano habla sobre sus últimas publicaciones, La Patria Forajida y Silva a las Desventuras en la Zona Sórdida, y su carrera como promotor cultural.
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[En Español] In this week’s Corkscrew Horacio Castellanos Moya explains the possible effects Mexico’s recent presidential election could have on the country’s future.
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Author Horacio Castellanos Moya explains the intense debate that has developed in Mexico over whether or not the Institutional Revolutionary Party’s (PRI) return to power will lead to a “restoration” of the old authoritarian order.
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Renowned poet Nikki Giovanni discusses her views on censorship, voter suppression in the upcoming presidential elections, the tribute she’s organizing to celebrate Toni Morrison’s legacy, and offers a message to young black poets.
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Independent Chinese PEN Center president Tienchi Martin-Liao discusses the mass protests taking place in Hong Kong, sparked by the dissemination of The China Model to public schools. Many feel the booklet signals the start of a “brainwash” education.
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In this week’s column, Venezuelan author Israel Centeno issues a sharp critique to the Venice Biennale – and, by extension, the European left – for awarding the Golden Lion prize to the Tower of David, a 45-story “shantytown” project in Caracas, Venezuela.
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We caught up with Abdellah Taïa on the eve of the release of his latest novel Infidels. In this interview he offers his thoughts on Moroccan society, his writing process, his homosexuality, and the realization of his childhood dreams.
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[Arabic] Egyptian writer Hamdy El-Gazzar profiles Ali Mabrouk, a renowned professor of Islamic Philosophy and author of The Arabs’ Revolution, and Inaugurative Address, in which he details how Egypt can move from being a power-hungry nation to one “truth.”
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Egyptian writer Hamdy El-Gazzar profiles Ali Mabrouk, a renowned professor of Islamic Philosophy and author of The Arabs’ Revolution, and Inaugurative Address, in which he details how Egypt can move from being a power-hungry nation to one “truth.”
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In this installment of our Jazz Poetry emcee interview series, Gail Austin and Mensah Wali of the Kente Arts Alliance to us about the organization’s mission and works, the public perception of Pittsburgh’s Northside, and their favorite jazz and poetry.
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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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