City of Asylum/Pittsburgh partners with Cave Canem to host a poetry reading with Toi Derricotte, Cornelius Eady, Natasha Trethewey and Amiri Baraka.
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“Methods of Assessing the Likely Presence of a Terrorist Threat in a Remote Indigenous Community,” a poem from Hinemoana Baker’s collection KŌIWI KŌIWI | BONE BONE.
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Reporters Without Borders rates Pakistan 151 out of 178 in their press freedom index. A recent attack in the city of Peshawar, in which a suicide bomber killed one and wounded 8 journalists, is one in a long series of violent acts against the press.
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On June 18, the New Hazlett Theater will present ‘Speaking of…Noir!’ — a night of mystery stories, dubstep/ballet/break dance fusion, soul and jazz, and the spoken word, including a reading by Terrance Hayes.
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M. F. Hussain, the 95-year-old exiled artist also known as “India’s Picasso,” died of a heart attack in a London hospital on June 9. In this video Hussain answer questions about his life, work, and exile.
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Eknaligoda’s cartoons are critical of the Sri Lankan government, which has been accused of curtailing media freedom. It has now been over 500 days since Prageeth Eknaligoda disappeared while walking from his office to his home in Colombo.
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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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