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The Last Patriarch
The son’s daughterI was born on cue, although some say I came too early, timing that destroyed the family and provoked one of those upsets that pursues you throughout… More
A Shortcut to Paradise
After his wife had left to take the children to school, Ernest Fabià sat down in his pyjamas at the formica kitchen table where they had eaten breakfast and… More
PEN Celebrates 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Ron Chernow, Jennifer Egan, and Bruce Norris
The PEN American Center celebrates Members and 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners Ron Chernow, Jennifer Egan, and Bruce Norris. PEN is also proud to count Pulitzer Prize finalists Jonathan Dee,… More
Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within
I gave birth in September 2006, the most beautiful month of the year in Istanbul. Happy and blessed as I felt, I was also perplexed and unprepared. We rented… More
Minoru Ozawa: Haiku
A ghost! / Just a knot / on the bathroom wallFrom the black depths / of the toilet bowl / a ghost emergesA woman stands transfixed / before the… More
PEN Appeal: Armando José Chicoca
April 15, 2011 Dr. João Maria Moreira de Sousa Procurator General of the Republic Procurador Geral da República Procuradoria Geral da República Rua 17 Setembro Luanda República de Angola Fax: + 244 222 333 170… More
Beauty Salon
A few years ago my interest in aquariums led me to decorate my beauty salon with colored fish. Now that the salon has become the Terminal, where people who… More