Mandanipour read at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh in November 2010. In this video clip, he answers questions from the audience and discusses the inherent difficulties translating from Farsi to English, the history of Persian literature, and some misconceptions regarding Iran’s literary culture.
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In this video, Hayes reads the poem Cocktails with Orpheus from his National Book Award-winning collection Lighthead, at the Mattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh.
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On April 29, Sharma visited Sampsonia Way to give a reading sponsored by COA/P and the PEN American Center. He talked about his novel, the characters he creates and his sources of inspiration.
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Moniro Ravanipour is an Iranian author and writer-in-residence at the City of Asylum Las Vegas. Ravanipour was detained and interrogated by the Iranian government after a reading of one of her eight published books. In this video interview, Ravanipour discusses Iranian censorship, the political situation, and their effects on her writing.
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