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The Possessed
Despite the novel’s complexity, its central question is very simple: How does someone who doesn’t actually have tuberculosis end up spending seven years at a tuberculosis sanatorium? I often… More
The Noble Truths of Suffering
His head resembled an armchair—the deep-set forehead, the handlebar-like ears, the jutted jaw-seat—and I could not stop staring at it. He handed me back my passport with the invitation… More
PEN Appeal: Faranak Farid
October 24, 2011 Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani c/o Public relations Office Number 4, 2 Azizi Street Vali Asr Ave., above Pasteur Street intersection Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran Head of East Azerbaijan Province… More
Journalist, Poet, and Activist Faranak Farid Released on Bail
Journalist, poet, and activist Faranak Farid was released on October 17, 2011, after 42 days in prison for her peaceful activism and critical writings. More
Far District
Immodest in broad daylight, / a ruddy-bellied woman bathes / at the public stand-pipe More
Sentence Against Prominent Human Rights Lawyer, Journalist and Writer Reduced
The sentence against prominent writer, journalist, and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been reduced to six years on appeal. More
PEN Appeal: Nasrin Sotoudeh
October 24, 2011 Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei The Office of the Supreme Leader Shoahada Street Qom, Islamic Republic of Iran Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadeqh Larijani Howzeh Riyasat-e… More
Occupied by Translation
This has been a heady few weeks of activity for the Translation Working Group down at Occupy Wall Street. In this time, the ranks of our volunteer translators have… More
Interrogate the Slow Jam: A Conversation with Gabrielle Calvocoressi
I grew up in a very small town; my eyes are not great and I did not walk well for a long time, so I spent a lot of… More
Elaine Equi: Two Poems
A gong is struck / in the temple of a dream / signaling / change. More
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