In this week’s “Nightwatch” Venezuelan writer Israel Centeno uses executed Russian writer Isaak Babel as a jumping off point to explore humanity’s long, complex relationship with Paradise.
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Journalist Lucía Escobar discusses the situation for journalists in Guatemala, especially with the recent election of General Otto Perez Molina, who has been linked to atrocious war crimes that took place during the thirty-year civil war which ended in 1996.
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In this week’s “From Egypt” column writer Hamdy El-Gazzar goes into the mind of Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as he awaits his verdict.
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In the Weekly Freedom of Speech Roundup Sampsonia Way presents some of the week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature. This week news from Syria, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, and an essay by Ray Bradbury.
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Pittsburgh-based poet Bonita Lee Penn discusses of her poetry, describes her inspirations, explains her vision of Pittsburgh’s writing community, and provides some advice for young writers.
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Sampsonia Way is delighted to share three poems by Penn: “Absurdity or if I hear one more racist thing about the President of the United States,” “Rivers Run Red” and “Orangeburg SC – February 8, 1968.”
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In this week’s “Ethiopiques” column journalist Mesfin Negash examines the challenges and opportunities offered by the internet to activists in Ethiopia.
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As we anticipate this year’s Cave Canem poetry reading at City of Asylum Pittsburgh, we offer a compilation of interviews with past guest writers. Know what the writers think about Cave Canem and poetry.
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Author Khet Mar profiles Htein Lin, a Burmese painter and performance artist who spent seven years in prison for his work.
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The ongoing conflict between the military and rival drug cartels is fraught with complication and corruption, resulting in rampant and unpunished violence against reporters. We list the journalists killed in the line of duty over the last two years.
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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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