“At least let me pull those 37 names out of the macabre anonymity to which Castroism has condemned them in Cuba.” Orlando Pardo Lazo recounts a dark time in Cuba, referred to as the Tugboat Massacre of 1994.
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Described as “a rare voice from Venezuela” and “one of the great undiscovered literary experiences”, Israel Centeno’s newly translated book The Conspiracy is a perfect summer read. Enjoy an excerpt from this novel today.
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“The history of past and present religions is full of crimes.” In his column today, Tarik Günersel presents a poem regarding faith based killing and he addresses the deteriorating situation in Turkey under the Prime Minister Erdoğan.
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Whose vote found a way to the polling booths in Afghanistan? Cartoonist Mehdi Amini highlights pervasive corruption and fraud in this year’s elections.
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In this interview with Cave Canem faculty member Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, she reveals a personal affinity for archival research in libraries and she describes how the Floridian swamp as well as other elements from childhood feed into her work.
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Muratbek Ketebaev, a Kazakh activist and journalist now living in Poland, divulges the events leading up to his exilement and the political milieu in energy-rich Kazakhstan.
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Mehdi Amini depicts some of the fraudulent activities that have plagued recent elections in Afghanistan.
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