In Search of My Homeland: A Memoir of a Chinese Labor Camp chronicles Er Tai Gao’s life under the political persecution of China’s Communist government. Read an excerpt of the memoir.
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Excerpt from Kenya, Will You Marry Me? by Philo Ikonya, the exiled Kenyan poet and novelist. She is known for speaking out against injustice and corruption and has written extensively on governance, mass poverty and post-election violence in Kenya.
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M. F. Hussain, the 95-year-old exiled artist also known as “India’s Picasso,” died of a heart attack in a London hospital on June 9. In this video Hussain answer questions about his life, work, and exile.
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A Zimbabwean writer exiled in Denmark, Tagarira is a staunch critic of Robert Mugabe. Here are two poems from his book Mugabe Must Go!, a concentrated political attack in the form of 87 succinct poems.
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In May 2011, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh received an anonymous poem honoring exiled Chinese poet Huang Xiang for daring to touch “dangerous themes” that “earned him the solitude of prison.”
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Iranian poet, journalist, activist Asieh Amini has investigated stoning cases and speaks out against social injustices from Islamic Republic of Iran. In this interview, she talks about her exile, writing, and the power of social media in Iran.
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Woeser’s online journalism has earned her more than awards and international recognition; it’s also earned her harassment and constant surveillance by the Chinese government. Undeterred, she continues to write, motivated by her desire to share the truth about today’s Tibet with the world.
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In this interview, novelist Eduardo Halfon talks Sampsonia Way about Guatemalan violence, his writing, and his forthcoming book, Mañana nunca lo hablamos (Tomorrow We Never Discussed It).
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A statement by Cuban exiled journalist and poet Ricardo Gonzalez Alfonso to the PEN International Writers in Prison Committee annual conference in Brussels.
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The following speech was given by WiPC Chair Marian Botsford Fraser the opening event of the Passa Porta Literary Festival in Brussels. She talked about current cases in China, Afghanistan, Mexico and Cuba.
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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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