Book Picks 2013: The Salon Readings at City of Asylum
In light of the holiday season, Sampsonia Way is excited to present our readers with a list of recommended reading from City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s 2013 literary events. In the last year City of Asylum/Pittsburgh has held nineteen different literary events featuring writers, journalists, and translators.
Each of the books below was written, edited, or translated by one of the writers of City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s Salon Readings. Click on the book to purchase it on Amazon.com.
Recommended Reading
Bénarès
by Barlen Pyamootoo
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The Polish Boxer
by Eduardo Halfon
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Let Her Rest Now
by Vijay Nair
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300 Yaş Konuşması
by Tarık Günersel
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The Selected Letters of Willa Cather
edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout
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For a Song and a Hundred Songs: A Poet’s Journey through a Chinese Prison
by Liao Yiwu
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No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems
by Liu Xiaobo, edited by Tienchi Martin-Liao, Perry Link, and Liu Xia
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Hardheaded Weather
by Cornelius Eady
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The Undertaker’s Daughter
by Toi Derricotte
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Urban Tumbleweed: Notes from a Tanka Diary
by Harryette Mullen
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Sanctificum
by Chris Abani
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La casa del dragon
by Israel Centeno
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A Reluctant Survivor
by Sridala Swami
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Crazy Brave: A Memoir
by Joy Harjo
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Operation Massacre
by Rodolfo Walsh, translated by Daniella Gitlin
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Private Pleasures
by Hamdy el-Gazzar
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Baumgartner’s Bombay
by Anita Desai
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Gelukkig zijn we machteloos
by Ivo Victoria
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HHhH: A Novel
by Laurent Binet
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