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    • Poems From Cave Canem: Colleen J McElroy, Caught in The Crosswalk
      by Joshua Barnes / July 21, 2011

      In this video from 2010′s Cave Canem reading, poet and Cave Canem fellow Colleen J McElroy reads four of her poems: “Military Woman Evolution,” “R & R,” “Fairytales,” and “Caught in the Crosswalk.”

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    • Revenge and First Intimation: Poems of Huang Xiang
      by Sampsonia Way / July 17, 2011

      Two poems from A Lifetime Is a Promise to Keep: Poems of Huang Xiang translated by Michelle Yeh. Huang Xiang is an exiled poet from poem and a former writer-in-residence at City of Asylum Pittsburgh.

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    • Obie Award winner Amiri Baraka commands the stage:
      Cave Canem 2011: A Reading to Remember
      by Olivia Stransky / July 15, 2011

      On Thursday June 23, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh partnered with the African-American poetry collective Cave Canem to host a reading with poets Toi Derricotte, Cornelius Eady, Natasha Trethewey, and Amiri Baraka.

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    • Outside Khet Mar's House
      CAPA Students Get a Tour of Sampsonia Way
      by Khet Mar / July 12, 2011

      Slide show featuring students from CAPA, Pittsburgh’s creative and performing arts school, on a recent visit to Sampsonia Way, the street that houses City of Asylum Pittsburgh.

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    • Gary Shteyngart
      A conversation with Gary Shteyngart: “We are enslaved to technology.”
      by John Allison / June 30, 2011

      Like the many facets of Shteyngart’s novel Super Sad True Love Story alternate future, this conversation between the author and John Allison (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) turned to unexpected topics like pornography, immortality, and Russia.

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    • Fearless Laughter: Yusef Komunyakaa’s Advice to Young Poets
      by Elizabeth Hoover / June 29, 2011

      In this video, poet Yusef Komunyakaa describes his revision process, talks about the importance of silence in poetry, and dispenses advice for young poets. The video was created by Sampsonia Way magazine and published also by Rattapallax.

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    • Sylvia Rhor (front, far left) enjoying the reading
      Slideshow: Shteyngart reads and trades quips with audience
      by Andy Tybout / June 24, 2011

      A slide show of author Gary Shteyngart reading from his new novel, Super Sad True Love Story, at City of Asylum Pittsburgh.

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    • “It felt like a door had opened:” An Interview with Cornelius Eady
      by Joshua Barnes / June 22, 2011

      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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    • Carl Phillips, Cave Canem poet and workshop instructor.
      Cave Canem: A Slideshow of Things Passed for What’s to Come
      by Sampsonia Way / June 21, 2011

      Photos from the 2010 Cave Canem reading at City of Asylum Pittsburgh, featuring guest writers Colleen J. McElroy, Carl Phillips, Claudia Rankine, and Sapphire.

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    • CaveCanem
      Poetry Reading: Cave Canem Voices
      by Sampsonia Way / June 19, 2011

      City of Asylum/Pittsburgh partners with Cave Canem to host a poetry reading with Toi Derricotte, Cornelius Eady, Natasha Trethewey and Amiri Baraka.

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