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Screwed!

Suddenly it occurred to me I wouldn’t be spending today in the fields either, bent double cutting the wheat. I felt a little surge of happiness, but it quickly… More

The Chukchi Bible

The First Man of Our LineErmen made a slow ascent of the high crag that hung over the foamy tide line. The alarmed gulls and guillemots bombarded him with… More

Poems

KG 3.53Though only death has baffled himhe owns the universe, the stars … —Tom Paulin, ‘Chorus’‘Me shogun.’‘Me bigwig.’‘Me the chief’s son.I make the rules here.’It’s a load of crap.Laughing, skipping,Tumbling,… More

Kopenhaga

Autumn. A season that suits me particularly well. For several days now, I haven’t been outside. I have an excellent reason: storm, heavy rain, the risk of getting a… More

Colonies

Creoles, MestizosSince it so happens you are strange and Iam strange, together we will shock the world.Families as they stroll by will point at us,and we’ll be famous, quite… More

PEN Remembers Steven Kroll

PEN is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Steven Kroll, author of more than 95 books for children and former chair of the Children’s and Young Adult… More

PEN Appeal: Ahmet ??k and Nedim ?ener

March 7, 2011 Mr. Sadullah Ergin Minister of Justice 06669 Kizilay Ankara Turkey Fax: 00 90 312 419 3370 Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,500 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of writers… More

PEN Appeal: Abdul-Jalil Alsingace

March 9, 2011 His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa King of Bahrain Office of His Majesty the King P.O.Box 555 Rifa’a Palace Kingdom of Bahrain Fax: +973 176 64 587 Sheikh Khalid bin Ali… More