The very short stories of Osama Alomar, Syrian writer-in-residence of City of Asylum Pittsburgh, are crafted with the speed and incision of a bullet.
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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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Sampsonia Way talks with Icelandic author Sjón about translation, point of view, and his revision process in his writing.
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Kwame Dawes on what moves him to write, his writing routine, and the works he continues to revisit throughout his career.
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“This is how I remember it, Bisi. This is how you left me: you pulled on your dress. You slipped on your shoes. You grabbed your bag. You picked up your phone. You walked out of the door.”
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“You tend to identify with what you’re looking at very closely.” -Mary Gaitskill
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“We know we’re going to America, but what am I supposed to do about it now?”
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