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Hopeful Tussles: Martha Cooley on Poetry in Translation
Two different poetic languages representing two different ways of experiencing the world: these might at first seem essentially incompatible, perhaps even warring—but they’re not. They’re really two lovers (seeking… More
PEN Appeal: Rafiq Tagi
November 22, 2011 President Ilham Aliyev Office of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic 19 Istiqlaliyyat Street Baku AZ1066 Azerbaijan Fax: + 994 12 492 0625 Minister of Internal Affairs Lt.-Gen. Ramil Usubov Ministry of Internal Affairs Husu… More
Writer Rafiq Tagi Receives Multiple Stab Wounds in Violent Attack
On November 19, 2011, writer and journalist Rafiq Tagi received multiple stab wounds in a violent attack carried out by two unidentified assailants as he was returning home from… More
PEN Appeal: Maikel Nabil Sanad
November 21, 2011 Director of Military Judiciary Major-General Ahmed Abd Allah Military Judicial Department Cairo, Egypt Fax: +202 2 402 4468 / +202 2 411 3452 Military General Attorney Major-General Medhat Radwan Military Judicial Department Cairo, Egypt +202… More
Retrial of Blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad Repeatedly Postponed; Concerns for Health
Maikal Nabil Sanad remains detained pending a retrial for his critical online comments. More
Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling
Everything / you thought / you knew / you don’t. / Because you’ve stepped / off the edge / of your life / into sickland. More
Three Poems
A calm sign in the trees of May: she’s dead, / not like this dirge staining the air, her name / recited in the camphor-house where the chalk /… More
Birds in the Mouth
I turned off the TV and looked out the window. Silvia’s car was parked in front of the house, with the emergency lights on. I wondered if there was… More
PEN Deplores Occupy Wall Street Press Freedom Violations
Journalists were barred from streets in lower Manhattan surrounding Zuccotti Park, where hundreds of police in riot gear descended upon the park shortly after 1 a.m. on November 15. More
A Theory of the Novel
a boy’s attention, corralled / in sand, pebbles, and the sun’s / slow clockwork, fails to take in / the wreckage, though / years from now, he’ll describe it… More
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