On March 22 City of Asylum/Pittsburgh will host a reading by Bosnian writer Ismet Prcic who will read from his novel Shards which was listed as a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times.
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A video of acclaimed circus act The Flying Wallendas performing to a recording of Salman Rushdie’s reading of his novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet at City of Asylum Pittsburgh’s Jazz Poetry Concert.
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In this interview conducted, Gioconda Belli reflects on the legacy of the Sandinista movement, her hopes for Nicaragua, and the state of freedom of expression under Ortega.
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John O’Brien (Dalkey Archive Press) interviews Best European Fiction authors Igor Stiks (Croatia), Gonçalo M. Tavares (Portugal) and Peter Terrin (Belgium) at the Passa Porta Literary Festival. A Sampsonia Way exclusive.
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In this video, Tommy Wieringa reads an excerpt of his 2005 novel Joe Speedboat at an event sponsored by City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, in partnership with PEN American Center.
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Mandanipour read at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh in November 2010. In this video clip, he answers questions from the audience and discusses the inherent difficulties translating from Farsi to English, the history of Persian literature, and some misconceptions regarding Iran’s literary culture.
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n this video, Sofi Oksanen reads an excerpt of her novel Purge, in which a young woman escaping the sex-slave trade ends up in the backyard of an Estonian woman who survived sexual assault at the hands of Soviet occupiers.
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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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