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The Mighty Angel
It’s a frosty winter before the war. Mid-January 1932 or 1933. In the part of the world where my grandfather, Old Kubica, is right now drinking another glass of… More
The Naked Eye
An eye on film, affixed to an unconscious body. The eye sees nothing for the camera has already robbed it of vision. The gaze of the nameless lens licks… More
News from the Empire
Abdallah-el-Zaquir wept like a woman when he lost Granada. Abd al-Qadir wept when he couldn’t fight like a man after he was defeated at the Battle of Algiers. Hernán… More
Diary of a Wave Outside the Sea
Of all my letters, there was one that I read again and again. It was a love letter. Of all my pictures, there was one that I stared at for long… More
Questioning Samantha
How much he’d love just to break the window so he wouldn’t have to clean it! Two days ago he’d had a conversation with the recently appointed editor of… More
Death in Spring
After I had left behind the Pont de Fusta and slope, I began to run. I stopped at the edge of the forest, out of breath. No sound issued… More
The Conqueror
My Dear Fellow CountrymenThe threads he was tying together had to do with having ambition, with the mystery inherent in that a person can be moseying along one day,… More
Journalist Released
International PEN welcomes the release of journalist Nguyen Viet Chien on January 17, 2009, as part of a presidential amnesty to mark the Lunar New Year. More
Serious Concern for Detained Iranian-Canadian Journalist Hossein Derakhshan
International PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of Iranian-Canadian journalist and blogger Hossein Derakhshan, who has been held since November 1, 2008. More