The Dead Republic

Model Ts prowling the country, men in trenchcoats moving in to kill me. But the Civil War was three decades gone, and it was just a Limerick taxi. I… More

Purge

1992Läänemaa, EstoniaThe Fly Always WinsAliide Truu stared at the fly, and the fly stared back. Its eyes bulged and Aliide felt sick to her stomach. A blowfly. Unusually large,… More

Joe Speedboat

It’s been a warm spring. At school they’re praying for me, because I’ve been out of it for more than two hundred days. I’ve got bedsores all over my body… More

PEN Appeal: Arun Singhaniya

March 12, 2010 Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Singh Durbar Kathmandu, Nepal P.O. Box: 23312 Ministry of Home Affairs Singha Durbar Kathmandu Republic of Nepal Fax: +977 1 4211264 Your Excellencies, On… More

PEN Appeal: Eynulla Fatullayev

March 12, 2010 Ilham Aliyev Office of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic 19 Istiqlaliyyat Street Baku AZ1066 Azerbaijan Fax: +994 12 492 0625 Lt.-Gen. Ramil Usubov Ministry of Internal Affairs Husu Hajiyev Street 7, 370005 Baku… More

Bulbjerg

BulbjergWe suddenly found ourselves in an astonishing landscape: luminous, white-sand hills on all sides, wind-swept trees twisting beneath the blue, open sky. We gasped for breath, joyfully, as if… More

PEN Appeal: Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade

March 25, 2010 Ilham Aliyev Office of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic 19 Istiqlaliyyat Street Baku AZ1066 Azerbaijan Fax: +994 12 492 0625 Lt.-Gen. Ramil Usubov Ministry of Internal Affairs Husu Hajiyev Street 7, 370005 Baku… More

A Collaborator in Kashmir

After flights from Delhi to Jammu and then on to Srinagar, I rode north in a taxi to Sopore, closer to the Pakistan border. I’d come to Kashmir to meet… More

PEN Appeal: Tran Khai Thanh Thuy

March 16, 2010 His Excellency Nguyên Minh Triêt President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam C/O Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyên Tân Dung Prime Minister 1 Hoang Hoa Tham Street Hanoi Socialist Republic… More