Mexican-American poet Ekiwah Adler-Belendez speaks about his obsessions, his revision process, and the ways that his life in a wheelchair has shaped his writing.
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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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In this Freedom Chat, Lindsay Bayne speaks with blogger, journalist, and human rights activist Arzu Geybulla. Currently living in Istanbul, Geybulla discusses press freedom, corruption, and political imprisonment in Turkey and Azerbaijan.
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Director Pascal Rambert talks about the process of creating Pittsburgh’s production of A (micro) history of world economics, performed at City of Asylum.
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Journalist and blogger Judith Torrea visited City of Asylum in March 2015 to read from Juarez in Shadows: Chronicle of a City that Refuses to Die.
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In this edition of The Writer’s Block, former PEN Mexico president Jennifer Clement discusses the writing process behind her novel Prayers for the Stolen.
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