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PEN Appeal: Pedro Argüelles Morán
March 18, 2011 Raúl Castro Ruz Presidente c/o Cuban Interests Section 2639 16th St, NW Washington, DC 20009 Fax: (202) 797-8521 General Abelardo Coloma Ibarra Ministro del Interior y Prisiones c/o Cuban Interests Section 2639 16th St, NW Washington, DC… More
Top PEN Prize to Honor Nasrin Sotoudeh, Jailed Iranian Lawyer, Writer, Activist
PEN American Center today named Nasrin Sotoudeh, a writer, lawyer, and leader of the women’s and children’s rights movement in Iran, as the recipient of its 2011 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith… More
Twice Born
A journey of hope, leftover words among the many that remain at day’s end. I saw them on a jar beside the drugstore cash register. There was a slot… More
An Accident in August
The worst of it, thought Lou, is that I could just as easily have stopped.She switched off the ignition. She leaned her head back against the headrest, and shut… More
The Princes’ Islands
’Stamboul, with all its sea-suburbs and sea-lanesSelçuk was a bum. I first met him at the Galata Bridge, in a tea house on the lower level of the bridge.… More
The Mere Future
1. Coma Toast(In the future, when things are slightly better because there has been a big change.)Back in the present, my lover Nadine and I have moved to a… More
Please Look After Mom
It’s been one week since Mom went missing.The family is gathered at your eldest brother Hyong-chol’s house, bouncing ideas off each other. You decide to make flyers and hand… More
Broke on Ice
Broke Bop Boogie These shoes were made for walkin’ Not talkin’ I put so much mileage on these here dogs Their tongues no longer pant in anticipation Of unknown journeys, but lie in exasperation As… More