by Erinn Batykefer She collected swag from each of them, the boys she dated in college, trophies from every branch of the military but the Coast Guard. She told us her sophomore goal was to date […]
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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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Urayoán Noel’s most recent poetry collection Buzzing Hemisphere / Rumor Hemisférico (2015) has been described by Victor Hernández Cruz as “a stereo ping-pong game between two languages [Spanish and English].” The book features a variety […]
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Born in Istanbul in 1953, Tarik Günersel studied English literature and worked at Istanbul Metropolitan Theater as a dramaturg, actor, and director. He contributed to the establishment of World Poetry Day and has written opera libretti […]
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Cave Canem faculty member and Cornell University professor, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, delivers her poem “Lost”, which documents her harrowing and real experience in the Floridian swamp.
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Cave Canem faculty member Tim Seibles engaged Pittsburgh audiences in June at the Alphabet City tent with several of his poems. Today, we present you with a video of Tim reading his poem “Allison Wolf”.
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Rachida Madani sees herself as “a poet armed with words to bear witness and revolt against injustice, social inequality, women’s conditions in a patriarchal society, men’s superiority complex, despotism, and a lack of freedom of expression.” In this edition of The Writer’s Block, Rachida spoke about language, womanhood, and reinventing Scheherazade.
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