Venezuelan writer-in-residence Israel Centeno reads his poem “Collage” during City of Asylum’s Jazz Poetry month.
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An interview with Syrian writer Osama Alomar, author of “Fullblood Arabian,” published by New Directions.
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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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According to Human Rights Watch, as of December 2016 there were 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, many held without trial.
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“You tend to identify with what you’re looking at very closely.” -Mary Gaitskill
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Freedom is precarious. This cartoon was made for Cartoon Movement’s annual project Perspectives on Freedom.
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Chicana writer Helena Maria Viramontes writes narratives that are resilient in their unrelenting love of life and all of humanity–a necessity for the political era of Trump.
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