A look at the case of Karem Saber, a writer and peasants’ rights activist appealing a five-year prison sentence for his short story collection Where is God? which has drawn the support of international human rights organizations.
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A look at the case of Karem Saber, a writer and peasants’ rights activist appealing a five-year prison sentence for his short story collection Where is God? which has drawn the support of international human rights organizations.
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The week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature. Featured this week: freedom of religion in North Korea, how internet actually works in China, German-Bulgarian writer and NSA critic Ilija Trojanov denied entry into US.
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September is a deadly month for Mexican journalists: four murdered since 2008 with impunity. Learn about the life and work of the slain journalists, and what you can do demand justice.
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In this new edition of The Writer’s Block, Sampsonia Way talks to Sridala Swami, a poet and children’s writer. Swami is a resident of the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program and a performer at the 2013 Jazz Poetry Concert.
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Two poems from Bones Will Crow, the first anthology of contemporary Burmese poetry translated into English: “Achilles’ Heel” by Khin Aung Aye and “The Sniper” by Pandora. Both poems are translated by the poet Ko Ko Thett.
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Video chat en vivo centrado en la antología Nuevarrativa Cubana. La conversación reúne a la autora Lien Carrazana Lau (Madrid), el artista Danilo Maldonado Machado “El Sexto” (La Haya), la editora Elena Victoria Molina (Barcelona), y al escritor Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo.
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Writer, photographer, and editor, Ahmel Echevarría Peré is the author of the novels Pastel Para Pitbulls, La Noria, and Búfalos Camino al Matadero. His short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. He is a regular contributor to independent Cuban affairs online magazines.
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Narrador, fotógrafo, y editor, Ahmel Echevarría Peré es autor de las novelas Pastel Para Pitbulls, La Noria, y Búfalos Camino al Matadero. Sus cuentos hand sido incluídos en varias antologías de literatura cubana. Como columnista colabora con revistas digitales independiente.
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The mythical representation of the Che Guevara icon has been undoubtedly useful propaganda for the Cuban government, but, argues Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, the most surprising, unexpected blow to the myth is capitalism’s appropriation of his image as a kind of trademark.
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