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Our Own Maps
My memory was a gift until it became a curse, until no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t forget things I desperately needed to forget so I might… More
The Beiruti Hustle
Beirut is the Elizabeth Taylor of cities: insane, beautiful, tacky, falling apart, aging, and forever drama laden. She’ll also marry any infatuated suitor who promises to make her life… More
The Messenger
When I saw her she was dressed in a shimmering red sari as though she had been wedded that very day. The whole street was glowing because of her.… More
from The Somnambulist
I touch the swollen skin / left of my right eye I ask Is this grace // is it violence is it black inside like inside / a black… More
The PEN Ten with Sebastian Rotella
"I’m obsessed with urban neighborhoods, the ideas of identity and tribe that shape and are shaped by them, the hope, conflict, and heartbreak of the ethnic, racial, and socio-economic… More
You and Your Partner…
You tell your neighbor that your friend, whom he has met, is babysitting. He says, no, it’s not him. He’s met your friend and this isn’t that nice young… More
Adriana E. Ramírez takes first annual $10,000 PEN/Fusion Prize for “Dead Boys”
NEW YORK—Emcee and author James Hannaham presented the PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize to Adriana E. Ramírez of Pittsburgh for her manuscript Dead Boys at the annual PEN Literary Awards… More
PEN Awards Jack Livings $25,000 Bingham Prize For “The Dog”
Claudia Rankine, Ian Buruma Take Other Top Prizes in Live Announcement at New York CeremonyNEW YORK— PEN American Center named Jack Livings winner of the 2015 PEN/Robert W. Bingham… More