Literature written in exile contains unexpected bridges between what authors experience in their isolation. Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo examines the curious similarities between two banned books and the exiled writers who “created a fictional sparring of words with the Commander-in-Chief who drove them from their homeland.”
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Cuban cartoonist Ramses Morales Izquierdo on the collapse of democracy in Ferguson, Missouri, where protests continue after the killing of an unarmed teenager by police.
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Five Burmese journalists have been sentenced to 10 years in prison over a report about an alleged secret chemical weapons factory carried by the publication in January.
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On July 17th, City of Asylum Pittsburgh presented Writers in the Garden, an annual celebration of local poets and the Northside community. Watch Craig Bernier read his poem.
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“It is not a great time to be a journalist in America.” In this article originally published on August 21 at the ACLU, author Nao Yachot examines the ways in which the events in Ferguson indicate an ongoing trend of government attacks on First Amendment rights.
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Portuguese cartoonist Rodrigo de Matos addresses recent comments by Julian Assange, who says he may leave the Ecuadorian embassy.
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“In 600 years, probably none of the 36 Ottoman sultans were so arrogant and excessive” as Turkey’s newly elected president. Tarik Günersel questions Erdoğan’s legitimacy in light of corruption accusations.
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