City of Asylum Pittsburgh hosts its annual Jazz Poetry Concert once again this Saturday, September 10. Invited international writers include Tommi Parkko, Alexandra Petrova and Hind Shoufani from the University of Iowa International Writing Program.
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On September 10, Sampsonia Way, an alley in Pittsburgh’s Northside, will become the stage for the acclaimed open air jazz concert. Jazz Poetry Concert will be streamed live on the web at http://www.livestream.com/jazzpoetryconcert.
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In this video, Sofi Oksanen answers audience questions on writing, human trafficking and violence. On April 27, 2010, Oksanen visited City of Asylum Pittsburgh to give a reading with Christos Tsiolkas and Tommy Wieringa.
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Burmese poet Khet Mar interviews James Byrne and Ko Ko Thett, editors of the Bones Will Crow. In their conversation, they talked about how the idea for the anthology came to Byrne, the hard work behind assembling it, and the way in which languages, when placed side by side, can change each other.
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Christos Tsiolkas visited City of Asylum Pittsburgh on April 27, 2010. In this video, Tsiolkas talks about his process constructing characters, writing about sex, The Slap’s reception, and Australian slang.
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On July 27, former City of Asylum writer-in-residence Horacio Castellanos Moya bid Pittsburgh farewell with a reading from Tyrant Memory, his newest novel to be translated into English.
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In this interview Allmond discusses the dynamic of playing trumpet in a 17 piece jazz band, which instrument sounds the most like a human voice, and the amount of rehearsal time needed to prepare for the Jazz/Poetry Concert.
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