“As islanders, we know how attentive we have to be to signs when a cyclone approaches.” -Shenaz Patel
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An excerpt of “Revol” from Hah by Turkish writer Birgül Oğuz, winner of the 2014 European Prize for Literature.
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Bina Shah writes about her recent trip to China and about the perils and uncertainties of having your work translated in a restrictive environment.
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Poet and essayist Tommi Parkko talks about his modernist tendencies, the difficulties of writing long-form poems in the post-post-modern age, and how mythology helps him get in touch with the “unspoken mental history” of a society.
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“Left Behind,” by South African author Maxine Case, is a condensed memoir full of the observations, idiosyncrasies, and fears of an immigrant living in New York without a definite future.
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On January 25 at 7 PM, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh will host a reading featuring two visiting writers from the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program: Fabienne Kanor and Marvin Victor.
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Hind Shoufani is the author of two volumes of poetry, More Light Than Death Could Bear (2007) and Inkstains on the Edge of Light (2010). She was a featured poet at City of Asylum Pittsburgh’s annual Jazz Poetry Concert.
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