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A Time for Everything
That afternoon the sea reached the valley.They stood at the top of the steep mountain face and watched it happen. When they’d got there, tipped off by Javan and… More
Memories of the Decadence
During the Decadence we gave up sexual intercourse, substituting for it various kinds of fetishism. We refined our tastes, narrowing their range and fantastically increasing their complexity. Certain people… More
Of Course and Utensils Shrink
Of Coursehe won’t tell you his whole lifein three hours or in three days, evenif he really wantedto show you that he likes youand trusts you. There’s justno way… More
PEN Appeal: Germain S. Ngota Ngota
May 6, 2010 President Paul Biya Fax: +237 22 22 08 70 Mr. Amadou Ali Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Fax: +237 22 23 00 05 Your Excellencies, On behalf of the 3,400… More
PEN Appeal: Hu Jia
May 6, 2010 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,400 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of… More
PEN Appeal: Lapiro de Mbanga and Lewis Medjo
April 23, 2010 President Paul Biya Fax: +237 22 22 08 70 Mr. Philemon Yang Prime Minister Fax: +237 22 23 57 35 Your Excellencies, On behalf of the 3,400 members of PEN American Center,… More
PEN Appeal: Mohammed Attaoui
May 4, 2010 Abbas El Fassi Prime Minister Département du Premier Ministre Palais Royal Touarga Rabat, Morocco Fax: +212 5377 69995 Abdelwahed Radi Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Place Mamounia, Rabat Morocco Fax: +212 537 72 37 10 /+212 537 73… More
Twitter: One Writer’s Beginnings
Twitter is of great political consequence in Iran and Gaza, but in the U.S. it is about as consequent as Kim Kardashian or Paris Hilton.Narcissists and exhibitionists abound! What… More
Horoscopes For the Dead
Horoscopes For the DeadEvery morning since you fell down on the face of the earth,I read about you in the newspaperalong with the box scores, the weather, and all… More
My Octopus Orphan and My Wolf Sister
My Octopus Orphanthinks his suction cups are radios.He presses them to his head andit’s always Ma playing on AM,Father on FM. His eyes turn inward,and he buries himself in… More
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