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The Distant Marvels
A small crab makes its way towards my foot, as if it wants to get into the house. It opens a tiny, cobalt claw at me. First Ada’s outstretched… More
Siamanto’s Bloody News
An entire generation of Western Armenian writers were extinguished by the Ottoman government just as they were [...] bringing Armenian literature into modernism and into an international light. More
Mike’s Place
Written by filmmakers Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem and illustrated by cartoonist Koren Shadmi, Mike’s Place depicts the true story of the fateful 2003 Tel Aviv bombing. More
Dodging Dictators
We moved the pieces back and forth on the table, but in the end gave up; it proved impossible to find a configuration that expressed the simultaneous desire to… More
ANTOPOL, COLE, GAY, JAMISON, AND RANKINE AMONG FINALISTS FOR 2015 PEN LITERARY AWARD
PEN American Center today announced the shortlists for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards. More
PEN American Center To Honor Khadija Ismayilova With PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom To Write Award
Sports Writers Join PEN To Speak Out on Behalf of Jailed Azerbaijan Journalist Ahead of European GamesNEW YORK—PEN American Center announced today that it will honor jailed Azerbaijani journalist… More
Open Letter to Thomas Bach, International Olympic Committee President, on Khadija Ismayilova’s Imprisonment
April 15, 2015Thomas BachPresidentInternational Olympic CommitteeDear President Bach,Like you and your colleagues on the International Olympic Committee (IOC), we are looking forward to this June’s first European Games and… More
The Price of Migration Equals Slave Labor
Scoop shit from shitty sidewalk / Times classified ad never spell this / On my tobacco’s Tobago’s tobacco’s sunny soil / Work never been this hard More
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An Instructive Tale of a Girl and Her Goddess
Mother-in-Law! Croneold toothless hag, skinhanger—she can have her beloved son back. If I can shock Bhagavati, I can do anything. Anything. More
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