On June 21, Cave Canem, in partnership with City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, presented a free reading on Pittsburgh’s Monterey Street where National Book Award winner Nikky Finney read, along with poets Angela Jackson, Thomas Sayers Ellis, and Terrance Hayes.
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On May 5 Iranian journalist Nazila Fathi sat down with Steven Sokol, President of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh to discuss the political and social state of Iran.
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In this edition of The Writer’s Block, we sit down with Ismet Prcic, author of Shards, to discuss literature, his craft, and career. The Writer’s Block is an ongoing video series of interviews with visiting writers at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.
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In this video, a reading featuring the Poet Laureate of South Africa Keorapetse Kgositsile and jazz saxophonist and composer Oliver Lake. The event was part of City of Asylum Pittsburgh’s Reading of the World series.
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Watch highlights from the “Librotraficante” caravan’s book–smuggling mission through the American Southwest. The videos feature Chicano writers Tony Diaz, Carmen Tafolla, and Dagoberto Gilb.
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In this video, Dutch novelist and poet Erik Jan Harmens reads a poem at an event hosted by City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. The first Dutch National Poetry Slam champion is author of In meningten, a poetry collection, and Kleine doorschijnende man, a novel.
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From our ongoing video series The Writer’s Block, a Q&A with Dutch novelist and poet Erik Jan Harmens conducted during his visit last month to City of Asylum Pittsburgh. In his writing Harmens has dealt with the theme of love as well as terrorism.
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