A Zimbabwean writer exiled in Denmark, Tagarira is a staunch critic of Robert Mugabe. Here are two poems from his book Mugabe Must Go!, a concentrated political attack in the form of 87 succinct poems.
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Sampsonia Way’s literary calendar is a comprehensive source for information on events happening around town, including a reading at Hemingway’s Cafe and an event from Cyberpunk Apocalypse.
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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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Clips from award-winning movies by Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, who submitted their entries secretly to the 2011 Cannes International Film Festival because they’re banned from making movies.
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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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