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Roxana Robinson Reads from Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
As I followed the female guard, I breathed deeply the sweet night air. We walked around the main building, passed through a peeling and faded red gate with a… More
Sarah Schulman Reads from an Unpublished Memoir
Bored as I was, I began, along with a few other inmates, to make worry beads. The dough of the bread was the material we used to form the… More
Kathy Park Hong Reads from “The Flowers of Hell” by Nguyen Chi Thien
In the Jungle Night a Bird CallsIn the jungle night a strange bird callsFollowed by a guard’s tripping shoe soundsA patrol flashlight beams here and thereFrom the cells come… More
The Apocalypse According to Benedict
The special deference shown by the cardinal to his maidservant might have been interpreted by her as leave to take the initiative and request a few “brief moments” for… More
The Truth That Killed
The preview of my play before a restricted invited audience had been planned by the theatre management with two aims in view—to sound out the authorities and to seek… More
Eggers, Hacker, DeLillo and Others Honored
This week two literary organizations with an interest in writing and social justice honored authors with an array of awards. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the PEN American… More
Havel endorses Nobel Peace Prize for Chinese dissident
New York, Sept 21 (CTK)—Former Czech president Vaclav Havel has called on the Norwegian Nobel Committee to give this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, in… More
Flood Song
I strike a wet match on his wooden mind,/ stash my invitation behind his waterless eyes,/ and pencil in the first unmarked box More
Activist Arrested; Fears of Ill-Treatment
Dr. Abdul-Jalil Alsingace is believed to be facing charges under national security and counter-terrorism laws, although it is widely believed that the charges are politically motivated and that he… More
Underworld
She feels the words before she sees the object. She feels the words although no one has spoken them. This is how a crowd brings things to single consciousness.… More
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