In this Writer’s Block Q&A, novelist Peter Ho Davies discusses the reclamation of language and the role that it plays in shaping identity.
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Author Peter Ho Davies speaks about the question of appropriation in fiction, the tension between how one sees themselves and how others perceive them, and the value of even flawed representations in writing and in pop culture.
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Britain’s new Prime Minister will have to negotiate withdrawing from the European Union.
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Columnist Bina Shaw explores Pakistan’s reaction to the US Supreme Court’s legalization of marriage equality and Facebook’s Celebrate Pride tool.
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Jack Straw, the ex-foreign secretary of Britain, recently visited Iran and what he found surprised him: a modernizing Tehran (despite heavy economic sanctions), an American-educated political administration, and a people ready to reach a lasting agreement with the West.
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This week: circumventing Internet censorship with Tor, Burmese newspapers going daily, and analyzing Chinese government’s censorship of Weibo posts.
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Sampsonia Way presents books recommended by our Fearless Ink. writers. Claire Chambers: British Muslim Fictions was chosen by Pakistani writer Bina Shah.
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