Canadian writer and filmmaker David Bezmozgis reads an excerpt from The Free World. David Bezmozgis gave a reading alongside Kyung-Sook Shin from South Korea and Hervé Le Tellier at City of Asylum Pittsburgh, where this video was recorded.
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Since she was 19-years-old, Khet Mar has been persecuted by the Burmese government. These quotes and pictures summarize the journey of the current writer-in-residence at City of Asylum Pittsburgh.
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Journalist Judith Torrea has reported for 15 years on Ciudad Juárez, Mexico—a city she once said is being “being blown off the face of the earth” by the escalating drug “war” between the government and drug cartels.
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Syrian blogger, Amina Abdallah, who goes by the name of Gay Girl In Damascus, has been abducted. Three men in their early 20’s, assumed to be agents of Assad, seized her on a street in Damascus.
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In this video, Gary Shteyngart answers live-Tweeted questions about his novel Super Sad True Love Story and and speaks with Eric Shiner, The Warhol Museum Director, at a City of Asylum/Pittsburgh reading.
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Hervé Le Tellier reads an excerpt from his novel Enough About Love, which follows the fortunes of two couples who unexpectedly encounter love at a point long after their lives appear to be settled.
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Excerpt from Le Tellier’s Enough About Love, a thought-provoking, sophisticated, and, above all, amusing novel that captures the euphoria of desire through tender and unflinching portraits of husbands, wives, and lovers.
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