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Treatment for a Story
"She curls up in bed. Pulls the dirty sheets over her and starts to doze...Starts to doze until the room pulls her awake, overpowers her with its clutter, its… More
Two Poems by Nicole Callihan
These are the things I did with the stick: / chewed it, waved it to the sky, poked myself / in the eye, pretended it was a daisy, pretended… More
The M Word: Subscribe
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Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs. Aug. 25
Aslı Erdoğan in solitary confinement, Iraqi media technician and journalist killed, and more. More
Women in Translation Month: Books Translated by Women That Have Won the PEN Translation Prize
In the final two posts of the series, we expand the concept to feature the books translated by women that have won the PEN Translation Prize and the PEN… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Wed., Aug. 24
Iran rounds up 450 social media users, new heavily-censored Tibetan search engine, and more. More
Free Expression Digest: Tue., August 23
India: Gujarat journalist Kishore Dave killed while writing story, Turkish journalist Baris Pehlivan jailed for terrorism was framed by hackers, Brazilian newspaper owner killed while writing about local corruption,… More
Art is a Form of Encryption: Laura Poitras in Conversation with Lynn Hershman Leeson
"There are certain people who don’t encrypt their e-mail, so we just create a coding system. Perhaps we are talking about having lunch at a certain restaurant, when in… More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., August 22
Media outlets in Angola face tighter restrictions after legal crackdown, Israel extends Palestinian journalist's detention, protest over election ban on Hong Kong pro-independence activists, and more More
The Sky According to Google
"I once heard my mother say there should be a special word to refer to a betrayal by someone you love. The offense, she insisted, deserved a separate sentence,… More
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