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Zhou Qing: Punished to Save Them
If satisfying our basic daily needs for food and drink becomes a highly dangerous activity, what hope is left for our society? More
Zhou Qing: Punished to Save Them
Zhou Qing is a writer and board member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center who has written several groundbreaking books of investigative nonfiction. Imprisoned for almost three years after taking… More
PEN Remembers Book Editor and PEN Member Jeannette Hopkins
PEN is saddened by the loss of influential book editor, social justice advocate, and PEN member Jeannette Hopkins, who died August 4 in New York from complications of a… More
A World’s Worth of Snow
When there is absolutely nothing left to eat in the house, Hana decides to ask for work at the agricultural cooperative. They give her the job of cleaning the… More
Flee, Sit in Prison, or Shut Up: An Interview with Liao Yiwu
Amid the recent crackdown on dissidents by the Chinese government, the case of Liao Yiwu, the well-known poet and chronicler of contemporary China, is particularly interesting. More
Expressive ‘I’s
I mentioned Micah Ballard’s new book, Waifs and Strays (City Lights Spotlight, 2011) last roundup. If you have not picked up a copy yet, there’s an interview over at… More
PEN Mourns Loss of Renowned Translator and PEN Member Joachim Neugroschel
PEN joins the international literary community in mourning the passing of prolific literary translator, essayist, art critic, poet, editor, and publisher Joachim Neugroschel, who died on May 23 in… More
Match My Own
I held my mother’s hand as we strolled down Mott Street, entering the outskirts of Chinatown. More
Disparate Constellations
I look forward to every episode of No Slander, a podcast by poets Greg Purcell and Ish Klein. It’s sort of like Car Talk with Click and Clack on… More
Intimate Shadows and the Perfect Bánh Mì
Whenever I hold one of the Song Cave chapbooks in my hand, I reflexively think “classic.” More
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