Interview by Timmy Miller and Thia Paruchuru The following conversation is part of an ongoing series called Memories in Exile, in which we interview current and former resident writers who have come to Pittsburgh and […]
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The following conversation is part of an ongoing series called Memories in Exile, in which we interview current and former resident writers who have come to Pittsburgh and lived in exile on Sampsonia Way. The series […]
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This past September, Tarfia Faizullah flew in from Chicago to join City of Asylum as they wrapped up their 15th annual Jazz Poetry Month. Prior to her performance, Faizullah sat down in the Alphabet City green […]
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After their rehearsal for their City of Asylum reading, Roy Guzmán was kind enough to sit down and chat about poetry, language, and what words mean in times of strife. Guzmán is a Honduran-born, Miami-raised poet […]
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Chalachew Tadesse examines the life and work of Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega.
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Ali Kalaei examines the violent legacy of Iran’s 1979 Revolution.
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Despite tumultuous months of uncertainties, Chalachew Tadesse writes that Kenyans believe in a “hard-won flame of democracy [that] can’t be easily extinguished.”
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