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PEN American Center Protests Fifteen-Year Prison Sentence for Qatari Poet
Al Ajami was arrested in 2011 on charges of “inciting the overthrow of the ruling system” and insulting the emir after a video of him reading an original poem… More
Dead Money: Pfizer, Cisco, and Other Value Traps
No one knew the rules. No one knew they’d have to cut off their tongues to keep those little machines of fire going, incinerating the moons and white… More
The Cardboard House
You do not understand how one can possibly go to school so early in the morning, especially when there are esplanades and the sea below. More
The Island of Second Sight
People ate differently here, talked differently, scolded differently. I would have to adapt. I realized this within the hour during which I was the wideeyed observer of this nation’s… More
The Ground
This is just one of many / Beautiful moments I've been a part of but can't / (And won't ever) remember. More
The Shadow Book
First are the kinds of shadow books that fail to be written: the Africana Encyclopedia by Du Bois; the second novels of Jean Toomer or Ralph Ellison that never… More
Sissies’ Scrapbook
"It’s the awful power of having exactly what you want. I’m sure it’s not the freeing, liberating thing you expect it to be." More
The Shock of the Lenders and Other Poems by Jorge Santiago Perednik
I was running with the spear which was a pencil in my hand after the bird with white wings. More
The Destiny of Me
"I'm here for you to save my life. Is that too political?" More