In this interview conducted at City of Asylum Pittsburgh, Canadian writer and filmmaker David Bezmozgis discusses his latest novel, The Free World, the immigrant tale of three generations of Russian Jews who flee Soviet Latvia and head for Rome.
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Excerpt from Le Tellier’s Enough About Love, a thought-provoking, sophisticated, and, above all, amusing novel that captures the euphoria of desire through tender and unflinching portraits of husbands, wives, and lovers.
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Read an excerpt from The Free World, David Bezmozgis’s debut novel, a heartfelt multigenerational saga of great historical scope set in Rome. In May 2011, Bezmozgis visited City of Asylum Pittsburgh for a PEN World Voices event.
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In this video, Gary Shteyngart reads an excerpt from his 2010 novel Super Sad True Love Story. Shteyngart visited Sampsonia Way on May 11 of 2011 to give a reading at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.
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“Morirse Un Poco” es un cuento de Eduardo Halfon. Nacido en Guatemala, Halfon es un reconocido novelista galardonado con el premio Jose Maria de Pereda y nombrado en 2007 como uno de 39 mejores escritores jóvenes de Latinoamerica.
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“To Die a Little” is a short story by Eduardo Halfon. Born in Guatemala City, Halfon is an acclaimed author of novels and short stories. He was named one of 39 Best Young Latin American Writers at the 2007 Bogota Hay Festival.
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Here Vicente García Groyón talks to Khet Mar about decades of censorship against journalists in the Philippines and his passion for non-fiction writing and film scripts, among other topics.
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