In this edition of “The Writer’s Block”, acclaimed poet Patricia Smith discusses her quest to reclaim her personal history, the power of personification, and how no topic is off limits.
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In the fourth segment of the Freedom Chat, Marina Nemat describes her experiences as a student during the Iranian Cultural Revolution. Marina also reveals her ebb and flow relationship with writing while she was imprisoned in Iran and afterwards when she moved to Canada.
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In this Exile Hangout, writer-in-residence Israel Centeno engages Venezuelan authors Liliana Lara, Juan Carlos Chirinos, and Juan Carlos Mendez Guedez. They reveal the realities of living overseas as Venezuelan writers and they expand upon what it means to truly live “in exile” within and outside their country of origin.
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On April 12, 2014 author Akhil Sharma sat down with Sampsonia Way magazine for this edition of “The Writer’s Block” in which Akhil reveals his painstaking writing process and the twelve year span he invested in his latest novel Family Life.
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Yaghoub Yadali uses juxtaposition to great effect in this piece. These fictionalized stories subtly expose some of the real fears and struggles felt by authors from around the world.
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Life is words in action, literature is action in words. Humans are about to destroy their spaceship Earth. Some of them are aware of this and they try to change the course of events. Will they […]
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“A drop in an ocean leads a richer life than a lake. / Approach with care, contribute, and celebrate.” Turkish author Tarik Günersel shares a poem dedicated to his young grandson.
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