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“Writers Must Take Lead in Burma Peace Process”
“People are hungry to have and disseminate information after 50 years of dictatorship,” explained Ma Thida, President of PEN Myanmar. “They are longing for freedom.” More
Gesell Dome
In this excerpt from Argentine novelist's Dashiell Hammett prize-wining book, a bleak seaside resort tensely awaiting the arrival of the next tourist season is viewed through a Faulknerian lens.… More
Lunfardo y Vesre: On Translating Guillermo Saccomanno
"It’s a (perverse) joy to slip into the skins of the myriad characters who populate this abundant novel, to speak in their voices and occupy, albeit momentarily, their place… More
The Revolt of the Peasant Girls
Though the fathers and brothers and potential husbands who fought us and fell are entombed and their monuments decorated with cockscomb and digitalis, we wait for the earth to… More
The PEN Ten with Lisa Lucas
"I [ ] think that there’s something to how hard it is to write, to tell the truth, to publish, and to make a living doing so that brings… More
No-Fly Zone in Ferguson Shows Need for Justice Department Investigation Into Press Freedom
An Associated Press report that police in Ferguson requested a no-fly zone to block media helicopters from documenting protests is further proof of the need for a full investigation… More
The Kachin: Culture of the Mountain Lords
“Once we looked to our cultural elders for guidance—now we look to soldiers.” In Kachin State, Myanmar, conflict has overruled culture. More
Mx Justin Vivian Bond on How to Take a Flying Leap
On Monday night at the Ace Hotel Mx Justin Vivian Bond—trans-activist, cabaret chanteuse, performance art icon, and memoirist—will speak with Mike Albo about literature as a way of being,… More
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