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Dispatch from the 2016 Calabash Literary Festival
Calabash makes space for heritage, including local writers and vendors. It offers pit-cooked jerk, salt fish and fried dumplings, and Rastafarian-made ital juices. At the same time, it reaches… More
Free Expression Digest: Wed., August 10
Dozens shot dead in anti-government protests across Ethiopia, Maldives lawmakers criminalize defamation with steep fines, Algerian court upholds 2-year term against journalist More
Three Poems from Feeld
unforld mye folde / lik / a chylde debarkynge the old / treee / ekspektynge a hole / mye fase 2 the flore / off a feeld / becums… More
Read These Women in Translation Now
In celebration of Women in Translation Month, Translationista invited a number of publishers to select one book each by a female author to be offered as part of a… More
Seminar on the Extermination of Rats
"A thick wall as though a bag of rubbery rocks had been emptied from the roof now rolled in from every side in a rumble of tiny legs, squeaking,… More
Three Poems by Marília Garcia
“mouthwatering / now a bit emotional / now i’m a professional / now it’s your turn” More
João and Raimunda: On the Injustices of Brazil’s Belo Monte Project
“When victims suffer violence that goes unacknowledged, it inflicts even greater pain on them, and they are violated all over again by a feeling of unreality.” More
Free Expression Digest: Tues., August 9
Iran sentences journalist to 3 years in prison, Indian activist ends 16-year hunger strike, and more More
Venezuela Crisis: UN and Inter-American experts raise alarm at deterioration of media freedom
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, and the Inter- American Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, Edison Lanza, raised… More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., August 8
Azerbaijani journalist suspended custody term shortened, Iran executes nuclear scientist, Tanzania starts LGBT crackdown, and more More
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