Burma, China, Cuba and Iran are first four countries on the list of Enemies of the Internet that Reporters Without Borders released March 12. Read Sampsonia Way’s coverage of these countries in interviews, articles and blog updates.
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On April 29, Sharma visited Sampsonia Way to give a reading sponsored by COA/P and the PEN American Center. He talked about his novel, the characters he creates and his sources of inspiration.
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“Homing Pigeons” is the first published work by South African writer Maxine Case. It first appeared in the 2005 anthology African Compass: New Writing from Southern Africa edited by J.M. Coetzee.
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In Hameed Al-Mukhtaar’s short story, a reporter searches for an elusive holy man in the labyrinthine back alleyways of an unnamed Iraqi city.
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Pittsburgh-based poet Terrance Hayes has been nominated for a National Book Award for his collection Lighthead. This video features selections of Hayes’ poetry at the 2010 Jazz Poetry Concert.
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When the Nobel Foundation announced that Chinese intellectual and activist Liu Xiaobo won the Peace Prize, we celebrated at Sampsonia Way. The prize committee lauded Liu Xiaobo “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.” We hoped this would help the jailed writer gain his freedom. However, the announcement ignited a furious response from China.
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In mid-April 1989, thousands of Chinese citizens poured into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, mourning the death of prodemocracy leader Hu Yaobang. Over the next seven weeks, the peaceful, student-led demonstration swelled to more than 100,000 people—one of […]
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