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Off to Eternity
Distinguishing feature: the stiff, shuffling walk of circus people with bones once broken in a daredevil stunt. And the vest he wore was of the kind that is only… More
After Meng Hao-jan
In winter I drink tea by the window / Stars shine through my reflection / Occasionally I go out and see if I might / Find another remote and… More
One Journalist Murdered, Another Missing
Primera Hora editor María Elizabeth Macías Castro's body was found decapitated in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas state, on September 24, 2011, while El Mañanero reporter Gabriel Manuel Fonseca Hernández went… More
PEN Appeal: María Elizabeth Macías Castro and Gabriel Manuel Fonseca Hernández
September 28, 2011 Lic. Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850, DISTRITO FEDERAL, México Fax: (+… More
Two More Journalists Arrested Under Anti-Terrorism Legislation; Fears of Torture
Sileshi Hagos and Eskinder Nega were arrested on September 9 and 14, 2011, respectively, accused of involvement with the banned political party Ginbot 7. More
PEN Appeal: Sileshi Hagos and Eskinder Nega
September 28, 2011 Prime Minister Meles Zenawi P.O. Box 1031 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Fax: +251 155 20 30 Berhanu Hailu Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice P.O. Box 1370 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Fax: +251 11 551 7775/ 7755 Gebeyehu Workineh Federal Police… More
Dave King on Javier Marías’s Dark Back of Time
“I believe I’ve still never mistaken fiction for reality,” Marías begins—offering, perhaps, the first of many possible inventions and introducing a narrator who, in his astonishment at art’s irresistible… More
PEN Appeal: Woubshet Taye, Reeyot Alemu, and Martin Schibbye
September 14, 2011 Minister of Justice Berhanu Hailu Ministry of Justice P.O. Box 1370 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Fax: +251 11 551 7775/ 7755 Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Seyoum Mesfin Ministry of Foreign Affairs P.O. Box 393 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Fax: +251… More
Four Poems from Salsa
God made the heaven and the earth and on the seventh day / Languid and no longer loving we drifted into the forest More
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