In this video recorded at City of Asylum Pittsburgh, Tommy Wieringa talks about writing on adolescence, taboo subjects, and reader’s reception of his novel Joe Speedboat.
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How did City of Asylum start in the United States? Desire Cooper tells the story of Richard Wiley, a writer and professor who helped establish the first American City of Asylum, located at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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In this interview Uzeki talks about his involvement with Oliver Lake’s Big Band, naming his original compositions, and sparking the imaginations of his listeners. Oliver Lake’s Big Band performed in the 2010 City of Asylum’s Jazz Poetry Concert.
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On May 3rd South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin read at an event sponsored by City of Asylum/Pittsburgh and PEN/America. Here is a video of her reading from her novel Please Look after Mom in its original Korean.
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Poet Nancy Krygowski reads the English translation of Please Look After Mom as part of a reading sponsored by City of Asylum/Pittsburgh and PEN/America. The reading also featured authors Hervé Le Tellier and David Bezmozgis.
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Para el lector de habla hispana, Sampsonia Way presenta un fragmento de la última novela de Horacio Castellanos Moya en español: La sirvienta y el luchador.
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Horacio Castellanos Moya leerá fragmentos de su novela Tirana Memoria en City of Asylum Pittsburgh. En la reseña publicada en el New York Times, se resalta que la aguda ironía de Castellanos Moya ilustra el ritmo de vida en una ciudad provinciana de Latino América.
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